[PRCo] Re: B3 truck program

[Boris Cefer]

OK, no more questions. Only one: Where and when did you find it?

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:20 PM
Subject: [PRCo] B3 truck program


> To Boris and Jim and anyone else crazy enough to have followed the  
> earlier thread:
> 
> I found the following notes.   I have no clue what the source is,  
> probably out of old ERA Headlights.
> 
> Two pair of special trucks with soft coil springs applied to 1225 and  
> 1248 in 1940 and 1941 for several months.  Drum brakes instead of  
> shoes.   Subsequently removed, altered, and applied to 1230 and 1278.
> 
> Third set of trucks on 1230 and 1278 in summer of 1945; in service on  
> route 37 Shannon.  These trucks later to 1613 and 1614 as follows:   
> Jan. 14, 1946 to 1613.   May 1946 to 1614.
> 
> Additional ten sets of trucks ordered 1946.
> 
> For three and a half to four months in early 1947, 1614 had B-2  
> trucks while the St. Louis trucks were being "repaired."   Early in  
> the winter of 1946-1947, 1614 was equipped with modified B-2 trucks  
> and made test trip over interurban to Washington, returned to city  
> service with those trucks.   Although they were not informed of the  
> change of trucks, the operators handling it made many favorable  
> comments as to the superior ride quality of this particular car.
> 
> 1644 entered interuban service in early 1947
> 
> Cars 1615 and 1616 in interurban service with new B-3 trucks, January  
> 1948.
> 
> End of page of notes.   There is no more.   Don't ask for any more.    
> END.   10-4.
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