[PRCo] Re: Real Tales--No. 1/Unscheduled Meet

[Jim Holland]

  That's because I Replied to  ALL  on the post you made where fws3 was
included in the CC:

Replied to  ALL  on this one as well!!!


hrbran99 at adelphia.net[1] wrote:
Take a look at your post........cc to FWS!! Also this one I am now writing
sprang up with jbh at p-r-co.com[2] in the cc line. It seems like is has
something to do with the list computer. At least we don't have to worry
aboutmissing anyone! -- HrB ---- jbh at p-r-co.com[3] wrote:
hrbran99 at adelphia.net[4] writes: .......The signal systems in use back then
were certainly products of the 'industrial' age. Even in 1979 when I would
look at the signals and the associated hardware that went with them they
seemed very 'old fashioned' to me. I remember some of them even had large
storage batteries in their bases. I always wondered what would happen if
several batteries went dead at the same time! . . Forgot to mention Two
Things::: . 01.>--__When you responded to the list message, the header
indicates an email address TO: The List and CC: fws3 -- your computer is
getting very consistent! I still get double emails from you when you reply
toone of my messages onlist -- not a complaint, Herb -- just observation! .
02.>--__The US&S signalling was set up for fail safe. Relays Are Activated -
powered - to set the Green light - wheels across the track short out this
circuit so the relays drop out to produce the Red Board. Should the battery
system fail, all green lights would go to red and then the rule book needs
tobe consulted on how to proceed. Lights *_Possibly_* energized from the 600
overhead but certainly by a power source separate from the battery system.
Was the battery system 40-volts? Don't know why that figger sticks in my
mind-- seems an odd value but then the 32-volt batteries on PCCs is not
exactly common!! . The battery system used fo the US&S signals was only 3.5
times that of the voltage to control model TrolleyCars-_-I-F the 40-volt
figger is correct. . Believe US&S installed the signals on PRCo in the very
late 1920s or very early 1930s. . . . Jim__Holland .
I....Like....IKE__---__And....PCCs! . down...with...pantographs....... .
UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!! 

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