[PRCo] Re: Maintenance

[Boris Cefer]

Several weeks back. I got some photos of 3001's underfloor equipment.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:29 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Maintenance


> When did you look at it, Boris?  We do know a lot about it.   For  
> example, all of the car record cards for Los Angeles Railway / LATL  
> are at the museum in Perris.   If someone wants to look, and there  
> are those who have, we know precisely what was done.   Jim is  
> correct.   LATL's maintenance was superb ... among the best in the  
> nation and it was a National City Lines property to boot.
> 
> On Nov 29, 2005, at 6:48 AM, Boris Cefer wrote:
> 
> > The external appearance of the Los Angeles PCCs (and not only of  
> > them) was
> > excellent, but we don't know much about the electrical and mechanical
> > repairs and preventive maintenance. At least the electrical  
> > compartments of
> > car 3001 preserved by OERM appear far better than PRCo 1138 these  
> > days. But
> > there is a fact that Los Angeles did not and does not use salt to  
> > treat
> > streets in winter.
> >
> > B