[PRCo] Re: PCC__Handbrakes

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I don't think we have an interior view of a 10.  We have one of car 100,
with the automotive-type handle-sticking-out-of-the-floor, and of course we
have the actual thing in 1138.  Someone who is more into minutiae than I
will have to answer this one.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of James
B. Holland
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 12:40 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC__Handbrakes


Hi Ed!


Does it then follow that all the 10s and 11s have a wheel handbrake?

The 12s did have  *opposite--working*  friction brakes from most
Air-Cars  --  friction brakes on 12s spring applied so hand brake not
needed to hold dead car.

Jim


Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Our 1138 has the wheel; air cars 1400 and higher had the water pump.
> 1200s didn't have a hand brake, did they?
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Boris
> Cefer
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 6:16 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC__Handbrakes
>
>
> 1440 at Seashore has the "water pump" hand brake lever.
>
> B
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
> To: "- 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC -" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:02 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] PCC__Handbrakes
>
>
>>>> PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com writes:
>>>
>> >> Don't remember wheel to operate hand brake -- remember lever.
>>
>>
>> > CRVLKOTULA at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> > Interesting.......I remember seeing one of these
>> > hand brake wheels on a Washington PCC from
>> > the 1938 group. ....A good view of the hand brake
>> > wheel is illustrated in Fred Schneider's PCC book,
>> > The Car That Fought Back, on page 142,
>> > as it appears on a 1938 Philadelphia PCC.
>>
>> > Dick Kotulak
>>
>>
>> Hi Richard!!
>>
>>
>> Pg.159 shows PRCo 100 in top left photo with handbrake lever but what
>> I really remember is the lever like on MBTA 3275 on the top
>> right!       Don't remember any wheel handbrakes but they apparently
>> lasted into my era. It is *possible* PRCo changed them to levers but
>> do not know that for sure.
>>
>> I rode in 100 several times but don't remember anything about that
>> lever -- just the inverted controller and how HOT it got!
>


Jim__Holland


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