[PRCo] Re: Wheels, Shoes, Bad Wire in Philly & Pittsburgh Catenary

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Car 1711 not be part of the opening day celebration, at least not in
Pittsburgh or Allegheny County.  Anyone who wishes to notice it may do so at
PTM!  Many considerations went into this decision, not the least of which
involved the pantograph and the higher voltage.  PTM this summer will be
undertaking the largest project in its history...moving 30 or so cars into
the new blimp hangar in a 10-day period.  It's huge (the project, though so
is the hangar!).  Further, Port Authority would not open the line until
later in the year if it weren't for FTA insistence.  There aren't enough
cars on hand to do it properly, but they will limp through until there are.
So the celebration won't be what it otherwise might be.  Let's be happy for
what we get!

Ed

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Boris
Cefer
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 5:48 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wheels, Shoes, Bad Wire in Philly & Pittsburgh
Catenary


Are you sure with 1711? Will PTM make large number of holes into its roof?
But if I visit Pgh and Arden in July, then the car is back at PTM.

B
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From: <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>

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> From: "Boris Cefer" <boris6 at volny.cz>
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> > But we are not brain dead and we have understood.
>
> I'm happy to know the rest of the list members have enough surplus
> intellectual capacity to meet my weak mind well beyond middle ground.
>
> There is no "meetings of the mind" for the likes of me....just visits to
my
> mental doorstep by either the curious or perhaps the sympathetic. ;-)
>
> I have some pictures of the L-6's TCRT style trolley wheel. Incidently,
the
> TCRT PCCs looked rather interesting with those large wheels.
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> I have a Roberta Hill shot of a Philadelphia trackless trolley as it is
> about to pass through some kinked trolley wire. She took the photo from an
> overpass and aimed the camera right down the trolley. I believe it was
taken
> along Route 75, but I do not recall for sure. I'll have to hunt it up when
I
> look for those scrapping photos you requested. Don't know what happened to
> the wire, but it must have been hard on the shoes until it was repaired.
>
> Now to get back on topic. Does Pittsburgh's catenary have those tension
> adjusting weights like San Diego has? I do not recall seeing any when I
was
> there for the PCC Farewell in 1999, but believe it or not, this overhead
> enthusiast wasn't looking for it.
>
> K.
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> P.S.- 1711 should be temporarily equipped with a pantograph so PAT can
> reopen the Overbrook line in style!
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