[PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha

[Bob Rathke]

Pittsburgh and Toronto.

Bob 5/25/05

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:35 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha


> 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. ;>)
> > > > >
> > >
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