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

[hrbran99 at adelphia.net]

Thats nice, but I got four (4) copies of this email. One, this one, was in 'normal' format. The other three, if they were paper, would measure 36 x 24 inches and with extremely large print to boot.  
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HrB

---- Jim Holland <prcopcc at p-r-co.com> wrote: 
>  
>   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!!!
> 
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> 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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