[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Re: Gazzz

[Boris Cefer]

I was quoting PRCo practices from a PCC maintenance manual, partly combined
with experience with PRCo car body maintenance - don't repair anything
thoroughly until it completely fails.

B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:22 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Re: Gazzz


> YOU WERE THERE?
>
> On Nov 23, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Boris Cefer wrote:
>
> > How many motor rewindings? Not many. Rewinding motors, overhauling
> > gears and
> > some similar activities were done by PRCo only when that particular
> > component failed. There were no preventive overhauls of axle
> > assemblies.
> > There were some motor overhauls but these usually did not require
> > rewinding.
> >
> > B
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:26 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Re: Gazzz
> >
> >
> >> I suspect the 1700s had about 10 miles an hour times  15 hours a day
> >> times times 365 days a year times 30 some years .... 1.5 to 2 million
> >> miles.    Now do you want to ask how many times the brake drums and
> >> shoes were replaced?   How many new wheels were installed?  How many
> >> new contactor tips?   How many new batteries?  How many light
> >> bulbs?   How many motor rewindings?   How many hypoid ring and pinion
> >> gears?   How many axle and motor bearings?   How many axle oil seals?
> >>
> >> We forget that these things had to be done because we no longer do
> >> them to our cars.
> >>
> >> HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND TO ALL OF YOU.    I'M OFF TO MOTOR SANTA
> >> CLAUS UP AND DOWN THE LINE AT PTM.
> >>
> >> On Nov 22, 2005, at 11:49 PM, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> >>
> >>> I got rid of a 1997 Neon with 119k miles on it Tuesday, replaced it
> >>> with a
> >>> 2002 convertible with 37k miles. I still have a 1990 minivan with
> >>> 230k
> >>> miles on it, which is still going. But to put it in perspective....
> >>> how
> >>> many miles did the PCCs have on them when they went in to be
> >>> stripped and
> >>> rebuilt into 4000s?
> >>>
> >>> Derrick
> >>> who's trying to move into the city but will probably still drive
> >>> too much
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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