[PRCo] Re: TrolleyCar___Speed

[Ken & Tracie]

A couple of years ago, Fred and I were discussing how to make a PCC car 
reach 100 mph, but we couldn't think of a bridge high enough to drop it 
from...

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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