[PRCo] Re: 1138

[Boris Cefer]

I have a Czech-written report from a guy who visited Pittsburgh in 1939
(!!!) to observe the modern PCC cars. Several pages of a white script on a
black paper indicate that the 100, 1000s and 1100s were not electrically
identical, there were differences even between individual 1000s and 1100s
and the earlier cars had been already electrically rebuilt (in 1939) to
resemble some advantageous features of the 1100s. I don't want to bother
others with details. I can mention some of them off-list.

Boris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:03 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1138



> I'm reminded of Russ Jackson commenting, perhaps 20 years ago, on
> wanting to spend a vacation at Branford tracing wiring on the
> Brooklyn PCC.   He told me that they had a GE wiring blue print for
> the car but they didn't have a New York City Transit Authority wiring
> print and he knew that they made a whole lot of changes because it
> was the first General Electric PCC car and a lot of things were made
> right in later orders and were subsequently corrected in the Brooklyn
> job after delivery.
>
> Is there any reason to believe that the same didn't happen with
> Pittsburgh 100 and the 1000s?