[PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha

[Fred Schneider]

OK.  I remember Chicago, Johnstown and Cincinnati.  What am I forgetting?

John Swindler wrote:

> Try five cars for Kenosha.
>
> John
>
> >From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha
> >Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:36:06 -0400
> >
> >Just a few.  Kenosha only has three cars and they were all rebuilt TTC
> >4400s.   I think all of them have the advance car light.
> >
> >When I saw the system I was picking up on minor maintenance issues such as
> >rotting wooden doors.  Such minor things could be indicative of major
> >problems to come, especially when you have a one-man shop and only three
> >cars.  You cannot rebuild a truck with
> >one man ... two minimum.  A spare ratio of 10% was standard in the old days
> >... some companies had fewer than 5% spare cars.  Today 20% to 25% is more
> >or less normal.   But those numbers simply don't work when you have a vest
> >pocket system.   If you only
> >have three vehicles and you are overhauling one, which could take a year,
> >and one fails, you are down to one car and prayer.  (Sorry for those who
> >are offended by prayer.)  Thus a one-car system like Kenosha may need three
> >spares.   Tacoma Washington is
> >running two cars and has one spare ... the cars are new now but they will
> >age.
> >
> >hrbran99 at adelphia.net wrote:
> >
> > > Do all the Kenosha cars have the TTC advance light or just a few? If
> >only some cars have the advance light, they may have come from other
> >transit systems in the US. I would like to know if this or any of the
> >Kenosha cars were ex-Cleveland Transit cars.
> > > HrB
> > >
> > > ---- Mark McGuire <macmarka at netzero.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >   Thanks for the photos Bob! Someone needs to place a giant Pepsi
> > > > logo on the front of the car. ;>)
> > > >
> >
> >
> >