[PRCo] Re: M11 accelerator
Jim Holland
PghPCC at pacbell.net
Tue Mar 30 15:37:09 EST 2004
Boris Cefer wrote:
>Now we know at least that the thing in the box carried
>starting/brake/spotting current.
>Do you definitely definitely remember the heat? It's not easy to cool the
>resistor ribbons in such a box, but it could work. But then it would mean
>there wasn't any accelerator under the floor.
>
Since heat rises it is still possible that there was a lower drum.
Yes! DEFINITELY remember the heat -- Cold Day but all the heat
coming from the drum was wayyyy toooo muchhhh!
>M11 spent some time also at Craft, but I don't know when (late 50s???) and
>the reason.
>
What's your source for this info? Very possible -- why was 1613
taken from Craft to become an interurban? Why Not Homewood?\
>B
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