[PRCo] Re: Russian___PCCs

[Fred Schneider]

In their time frame, yes.

A four-cylinder Mercedes Benz diesel 190 was great in 1959 too.    
Those suckers would last 200,000 miles if you just routinely changed  
the oil .

And a Ford Model A was the "Cat's meow" in 1928.   It would do 60 mph  
even though the speed limit might have been only 35.

On Oct 25, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:

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