[PRCo] Re: Brakes on Pittsburgh PCCs

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Sun Jul 9 07:19:07 EDT 2006


Hi Fred!
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Thank You Very Much for taking the time to type and send this document  --  
It  I-S  Most  Interesting!!!
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Jim___Holland
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> Fred Schneider writes:
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> I found a rather unique document in my files that lists brake  
> apparatus on Pittsburgh PCCs as of 6 December 1955.   It is copied in  
> its entirety below.
> Jim Holland and Boris Cefer will have a field day!!! 
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> BCC to Hamley, Wells, King, Skrbin,Lybarger,  and Orient.  Yins may  
> want to file this in the shop for the day when you have to work on  
> 1138 or 14whatever or 1799 ex 1613 or whatever it was.   Judging from  
> this, our 1400 is a stock 1400 with B2 trucks and more or less  
> regular braking but I notice that a lot of the 1400s were rewired for  
> EDB.
> ____________________________________________________________________ 
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>                                                                          
>                                             12-6-55
> Cars with Special Equipment, Types of Brake Valves and Lock Out Relays
> on P. C. C. Cars 
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> M-11       1500 type trucks, 1000 type Westinghouse Motors. 
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> 1230       1500 type trucks, 1500 type Westinghouse Motors.   Exended  
> dynamic braking
>                   and motor mounted drum brakes.   Wiring changes see  
> Drwg. No. 7D-7490. 
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> 1224 to 1274 incl.   Extended dynamic braking and Westingthouse Air  
> Brake Co., pinion
>                   mounted drum brakes.   (except car 1230).   For  
> wiring changes see Drwg. 77-7720
>                   except cars 1225 and 1250   see Drwg. 7D-7445. 
> 
> 1278        1600 type trucks, 1600 type G. E motors.  Extended  
> dynamic braking to 2 M/hr. 
> 
> 1401        Accelerator cam switch sequence is different than other  
> 1400 cars.  Wiring changes -
>                   see Dwrg. 7D - 7199. 
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> 1410        Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum brakes.    
> Extended dynamic
>                   braking.   For wiring changes see Drwg. No. 7B-7453. 
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> 1429        Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum brakes.    
> Extended dynamic
>                    braking. 
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> 1430         Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum  
> brakes.   Extended dynamic
>                    braking. 
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> 1431         1400 Type trucks with 1600 type Westinghouse motors.   
> Clark Equipment Co.
>                    motor mounted drum brakes and extended dynamic  
> braking. 
> 
> 1444         Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum  
> brakes.   Extended dynamic
>                    braking. 
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> 1445         Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum  
> brakes.   Extended dynamic
>                    braking. 
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> 1446         Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum  
> brakes.   Extended dynamic
>                    braking.   For wiring changes see Drwg. No. 7D-7386. 
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> 1447        1600 type trucks with Westinghouse motors.    Extended  
> dymamic braking and
>                    Clark Equipment Co., motor mounted drum brakes.    
> For wiring changes see
>                    Drwg 7Dj-7318 
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> 1475-1499   Increase speed of MG set from 1700 to 2200 RPM., See  
> Drwg. 7A-8059. 
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> 1480         W. A. B. Co., pinion mounted drum brakes.  Extended  
> dynamic braking.
>                    Increased speed of MG set from 1700 to 2200 RPM. 
> 
> 1483        Extended dynamic braking and wiring changes. - see Drwg.  
> No. 7D- 7064.
>                   Increased speed of MG set from 1700 to 2200 RPM.    
> Motor Generator
>                   control connection diagram, see Drwg. 7B-7724.    
> 1600 Clark trucks, 1600
>                   GE motors and Clark Equipment Company motor mounted  
> drum brakes. 
> 
> 1484       Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum brakes.    
> Extended
>                  dynamic braking and increased speed of MG set from  
> 17600 to 2200 RPM. 
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> 1485       Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum brakes.    
> Extended
>                  dynamic  and increased speed of MG set from 17600 to  
> 2200 RPM. 
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>                                                                       
> End Page 1 
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> 
> 1500       Clark Motor Mounted 1600 type.  Extended Dynamic Braking. 
> 
> 1501       Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum brakes,  
> 1400 type
>                  Westinghouse motors, Extended Dynamic Braking. 
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> 1502       Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum brakes,  
> 1400 type
>                  Westinghouse motors, Extended Dynamic Braking. 
> 
> 1503       Westinghouse Air Brake Co., pinion mounted drum brakes,  
> 1400 type
>                  Westinghouse motors, Extended Dynamic Braking. 
> 
> 1504       1600 type trucks, 1600 type Westinghouse motors.   Extended
>                   dynamic braking and Clark motor mounted drum brakes. 
> 
> 1505       1600 type trucks, 1600 type Westinghouse motors.   Extended
>                   dynamic braking and Clark motor mounted drum brakes. 
> 
> 1550 to 1564 incl.  Increase speed of MG set from 1700 to 2200 RPM.   
> See drwg.
>                  7A-8059, 
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> 1615 to 1619 incl., 1645-46 and 47 have St. Louis B-3 trucks.  W. A.  
> B. motor mounted drum brakes.
> (Note 1648 may have also be so equipped but it was lost in the Oct.  
> 1955 Home-
> wood fire.) 
> 
> 1630       Electric controlled ventilating system.   See Drwg. No.  
> 7B-7799. 
> 
> 1683.      Modified wiring - see Drwg. No. 7D-7578. 
> 
>                   Brake Valves - W.A.Brake Co.
> R-8    on  1000-1100-1400 and 1500 series PCC cars
> R-10 on 1200
> R-12 on 1600 except 1615-19-17-18-19-45-46 and 47.
> Modified R12 on 1615,16-17-18-19-45-46 and 47 (see Drwg. 7B-7654) 
> 
>                   Lock Out Magnet Valve - G. E. Corp.
>                      (Non Extended Dynamic Braking)
> Car Nos.
> 1000-1100 (West & GE)                         17 MV 15 A1
> 1200  (West. & GE)                                  17 MV 22 A5
> 1400  (West  & GE)                                  17 MV 15 A2
> 1500  (West & GE)                                   17 MV 15 C6 
> 
>                   Lock Out Magnetgnet Valve - G. E. Corp.
>                     ( Extended Dynamic Brake Cars)
> Car Series:
> 1200, 1400, 1500, 1600 (West, GE)     17 MV 15 C11
> Except cars 1615, 16, 17, 18, 19, 46 and 17   17 MV 22 A 
> 
>                  Lock Out Relay - Westinghouse Corp.
> Car Series
> 1700 (Westinghouse only)                         URA-12 
> 
> (S) A. J. Marshall                      (S) Jos. J. Naegelen 
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Jim__Holland 

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