[PRCo] Re: Russian___PCCs

[Boris Cefer]

And we are wasting time. I hear you saying the same.
But weren't the PCCs great?!

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:26 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Russian___PCCs


> You're picking nits, Boris.   Whether the gauge is 1435 mm or 4' - 8  
> 1/2 " is irrelevant.   TRC had patents on a variety of wheel designs  
> and a frame equalized truck on which the Tatra and Russian trucks are  
> based.  I don't remember seeing dimensions on over 100 different  
> ERPCC and TRC patents.
> 
> You can also argue, if you wish,  that they are not PCCs today  
> because the patents are now in the public domain.        But that is  
> probably the only argument that makes any sense because, since the  
> patents are in the public domain, no one stands to make any money off  
> those patents any longer.   It's a dead argument.
> 
> On Oct 25, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:
> 
> > But the Tatra trucks did not and do not contain any IDENTICAL  
> > parts. Some of
> > them appear very similar or identical, but the use of our  
> > continental metric
> > system resulted in use of different dimensions. It is a question  
> > whether the
> > dimensions play role or not.
> >
> > B