[PRCo] Re: Maintenance

[Boris Cefer]

Fred, I do not know the proper name, but I know exactly what you mean. Using
translation of our Czech term into German, it would be a "Panzerschlauch".

I understand what you mean and say - the appearance of the streetcars had
only negligible role and the public decided for automobiles because being in
fetter of automobiles gives people more freedom.

It is unfortunate that no PRCo maintenance records survived. There is
perhaps nothing also from PAT era.

B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:30 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Maintenance


> The LA cars preserved at Perris testify to very impressive
> maintenance practices.   At least when LARy or LATL people ran wires
> under the cars, they ran them in flexible metal housings (I'm not
> sure of the proper name).   Nothing was ever run unprotected.
>
> But different companies had different beliefs.   Some thought it was
> cheaper to wait until something broke and then fix it.   Others
> believed it was cheaper to spend the money to make certain that
> nothing ever broke.    Certainly the latter was a good public
> relations maneuver.  It also avoided accidents.    I'm not sure you
> could tell which system was better unless you tried both under two
> parallel and identical systems and there is no such thing.
>
> Interestingly, the LA stuff was always freshly painted.   It ran
> well ... buses or cars.   And the people quit riding and bought
> automobiles.
>
> The Pittsburgh cars were crap.   The schedules were lousy.   And the
> people quit riding and bought automobiles.
>
> On Nov 29, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:
>
> > Several weeks back. I got some photos of 3001's underfloor equipment.
> >
> > B
> > ----- 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
> >
>
>