[PRCo] Re: Apology / hot PCCs

[Boris Cefer]

The damper doors on Tatra cars are operated manually, so you can easily
imagine what happens when a motorman does not know how to direct the hot air
under the car in hot days.

B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 4:34 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Apology


> You want a cool car in the summer?   Try the New Orleans or Philly
> cars ... windows open completely at both ends making them wind
> tunnels.   You won't find anything better until a museum tries to
> maintain an all-electronic, air-conditioned ex Philly Kawasaki car.
>
> Unless the heat dampers are working properly, an air-PCC will not be
> cool in the summer.   They have to properly close off the body from
> the resistors and allow all the heat to be blown outside.  If you
> want to run PCCs in museums, you need a good mechanical staff.