[PRCo] Re: Heat at PRCo 1700 Series Cars

[Boris Cefer]

1711 has supplemental heaters in side ducts. I saw them in a photo when it
was repaired in Elmira several years back.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 7:38 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Heat at PRCo 1700 Series Cars


> The 1700 at PTM is a pain in a museum environment.   You can't have a
> decent conversation with the passengers without turning off the fans,
> and, of course, if you turn off the fans, no air moves.  It's a nice
> spring and fall car.   It's horrid in the summer.   And, as with
> PCCs, I don't think it has any supplemental heating so that it heats
> in the winter only when accelerating or braking.   So it isn't a good
> winter museum car either.