[PRCo] Re: 1.>--PCCs___vs___lrvs__--__2.>--PCC___Trucks

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

Because  1225  is not part of the official record.       We can only 
speculate how 1225 got the trucks.

This PCC book looks like a carbon copy of the other books    ----    
enough so that it appears as though the other books were used as The 
Source.       The writing style is distinctly different and the 
arrangement is poor.




Boris Cefer wrote:.
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>My copy of the book reads the same. But where did they find this info? It does not mention car 1225 which did have the first pair of experimental trucks too.
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>>From pg.077 of DeMoro's PCC book:::::::
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>>             """The experimental trucks were delivered to Pittsburgh Railways in 1940 and 1941 and placed under cars 1230 and 1278.       The trucks were tested all during WW2 but wartime traffic needs prevented the level of experimentation desired by TRC.       Late in 1945, the trucks were removed from the two cars so they could be reconstructed as prototypes of the proposed new B-3 truck, which would be built exclusively in North America by SLCCo.       One of the prototypes was installed under car 1613 for test operation on Pittsburgh's long interurban lines to Washington and Charleroi.       The second prototype was put under the 1614 in May 1946.       Ten additional B-3 truck sets were acquired to convert other PCC cars to interurban service.       In addition, a B-2 truck modified by Clark was tested and placed under the 1644.       This truck was designated B-2a and was intended as a compromise suitable for both street and open track running.       Clark later offered this truck as the B-2b."""
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>>             """The B-3 truck was developed starting in 1939 to solve some of the problems experienced with the B-2 truck on open track.       As long as it was on rigid track in city streets, the B-2 performed very well.       But it tended to nose on open track, a problem that was especially critical on systems like Pittsburgh, which served as the field laboratory, and had extensive mileage off city streets."""
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