[PRCo] Re: Shaker and IT PCCs + trucks

[Boris Cefer]

I would like to know whether they did any truck maintenance on IT 450 and
451 when they arrived at Cleveland.

It might be interesting to compare St. Louis B-3 truck and Tatra truck, but
that would require putting both of them on the same track.

Boris

----- Original Message -----
From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 9:56 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Shaker and IT PCCs


> 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
>
>
> I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
>
> down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
>
>