[PRCo] Re: new PCC?

[Boris Cefer]

A good solution is adding two external mirrors on the dasher. Quite common
practice on recent Tatra cars.

B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:27 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: new PCC?


> Here's an example:
>
> "bad news part two. No they can never make any new PCC
> cars, in fact no one can make any new PCC cars to the
> traditional design. apparently there are safety rules
> now that require an operator to be able to see much
> closer to the front of the vehicle at a lower height
> (child crossing in front of car) that the traditional
> design could never meet. to make it work would require
> lowering the winshields and putting the operator
> higher and closer to the glass. This would totally
> change the design of the front end. rebuilding cars is
> grandfathered but building new would require the
> entire front end to be redesigned among other things."
>