[PRCo] Re: Trolley__Pole__Tension

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

I would imagine that a standard weight was offered for sale but penny 
pinchers came up with their own.       There is also some mechanism 
which bolts to the back end of the trolleycar to make sure the wheel // 
shoe is correctly aligned when a pole is replaced  --  NEVER  saw such 
used here in SF  --  strictly EyeBalled!!       When a pole was replaced 
in Pgh  (saw it a number of times at the 42 wye when a backing car would 
break a pole)  the car was sent to the barn under its own power so the 
pole could be trued  --  at least that is what the inspector on the 
scene would say.



Fred Schneider wrote:
.

> Very interesting.      Did they have a standard weight that was 
> used?      Or we you expected to create your own concrete block on a 
> string?
>
> James B. Holland wrote:
>
>> Ohio Brass recommended the following at 18-foot trolley wire height::
>>
>> ...................25-30 pounds pressure for SHOE
>>
>> ...................30-32 pounds pressure for WHEEL.
>>
>> PRCo apparently adapted this for City Vs Interurban equipment.
>




Jim__Holland


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