[PRCo] Re: TrolleyCar___Speed

[Ken & Tracie]

I don't recall who said it, but one of the Chicago area fans said WP used 
"hillbilly" signals and the 700s used "hillbilly" braking." This was on the 
"Farewell to the 4000s" fantrip. Made us all laugh.

K.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // 
James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: TrolleyCar___Speed


> 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!!!!!!!
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> 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!!!!!!!
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> Ken & Tracie wrote:
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>> 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.
>>>>
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> Jim__Holland
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> I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
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> down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
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