[PRCo] Shaker and IT PCCs

[James B. Holland]

hrbran99 at adelphia.net wrote:

> I only know of one instance where a transit authority went to trolley 
> museums to get rolling stock. That was when Greater Cleveland Regional 
> Transit Authority (RTA) used two Illinois Terminal double-end PCCs. 
> They were leased for only one year. The purpose was to provide service 
> from the former Shaker Heights Rapid Transit lines to the Airport 
> (former CTS rapid transit). Apparently the experiment was not a 
> success as the cars were returned. Even with the arrival of double-end 
> Breda LRVs the Shaker Hgts to Airport service was not revived.



I heard the IT PCCs were to supplement service on the Shaker which was 
short of equipment.       Cars had B3 trucks and tended to bounce alot 
because the springs had not been maintained and operators did not like 
running the cars.       I was there when the IT PCCs were at Shaker and 
was told this by an operator  --  they weren't in service when I was 
there  --  dearly wanted to ride them.       These two were reserved 
mainly as rush hour trippers.       Funny, isn't it  --  B3 made for 
open T-rail but these did not work out on Shaker but the B2s worked just 
fine.

These two cars were  *-Loaners-*  to Shaker with the intention that the 
cars be returned to the Museums when not needed any more.



Jim__Holland


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