[PRCo] Re: TrolleyCar___Speed

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

The  West  Penn  700s  used Dynamic Braking to slow the car And to 
generate current to operate magnetic track brakes  --  the friction 
brake was cranked on and off by the motorman to complete the stop and 
hold the car.       Air Compressor Not Used on these Cars  --  the WP 
700s were All-Electric!!!!!!!


Cheeze  Whiz,  Ken,   EveryOne  <Knows>  that the WP 700s  Were // Are  
The Inspiration and Model for the modern PCC Car.       Why don't we see 
this in print, on the Inet, anywhere else?! :-) ?!? ;-) !?! :-D 
?!?!       We better get busy and inform everyone!!!!!!!       Our Work 
Is Cut Out For Us!!!!!!!



Ken & Tracie wrote:
.

> Fred, what did those two young motormen in SLC tell us...that if the 
> gearing was changed in their LRVs, they could do...what was it? 120 mph?
>
> How "legends" are born...:-)
>
> K.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>
>> I love it ... Jim's statement "the way we like to remember it."
>>
>>
>> James B. Holland wrote:
>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: James B. Holland"
>>>>
>>>>> Some of the comments are from People Within The Transit 
>>>>> Profession, but even then these people suffer from the same that 
>>>>> the rest of us suffer -- humanity and the tendency to remember 
>>>>> conditions the way we want to remember them!! Some comments need 
>>>>> to be taken with a grain of salt and compared to facts // 
>>>>> statistics elsewhere for validation!!!
>>>>
>>>>> Ken & Tracie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Even so, nothing will top the story of the "75 mph race" between 
>>>> the late 1930s Chevrolet and the PCC car we all read a few years 
>>>> ago. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> K.
>>>




Jim__Holland


I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!

down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!