[PRCo] Re: OT Boston

[John Swindler]

Hi Fred

Concerning required torque, ask Ed about 'what he just happened to have in 
his trunk' when PAT inquired.



>From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: OT Boston
>Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:21:38 -0400
>
>Sorry Boris but you fail to understand the American legal system.  It
>is better to make sure windows don't open so public must keep arms,
>hands and all body parts inside.   Otherwise they would get knocked
>off by tree limbs and passing cars and then the victims or their
>parents or other family members would sue the MBTA for damages rather
>than accept the fact that they are stupid for hanging out the
>windows.  I don't think you were here long enough to observe the
>timing of legal advertisements on television ... they are generally
>broadcast during daytime hours when the indigent (lazy) are sitting
>around doing nothing but watching television.   It is generally a we
>will make you rich scheme.   If you were offended, see us and we will
>sue.   If you took the wrong medicine, see us and we will get a cash
>settlement for you.   If your doctor didn't make you better, come see
>the law offices of Catchem, Screwem, Twistem and Bindem.  It has made
>a lot of lawyers rich.   (And I know one member of this list is going
>to take offense at this.   I also know I'm planning a high school
>class reunion and we have one doctor who will not come if a certain
>lawyer, who makes his living suing doctors, does come.)     It is
>simpler for the transit agencies to seal the windows and air-
>condition the cars.   As a sidebar, I'm reminded of a suit in New
>Orleans that went against the New Orleans RTA about a year ago ... a
>kid fell out the window of a streetcar because the mother let him sit
>next to the window and climb out ... then she sued the RTA for
>allowing it to happen.    Come on now, who is negligent, the RTA for
>not putting safety bars on the window (converting the car into a
>jail) or the woman for not controlling her brat?   Well, we know the
>court sided with the woman.   She got big bucks.
>
>I would probably agree with you on the field shunting.  Boston had a
>lot of trouble in the 1960s and 1970s with resilient wheels on PCCs
>working loose.   One friend of mine suggested that they didn't have a
>clue how to torque the bolts.   The problem started after the
>Riverside line opened and cars began running much faster than they
>had previously.   I could research this through channels with friends
>but I suspect I would find out that the cutting down on the speed
>might have had a lot to do with not knowing, in the first place, how
>to keep resilient wheels tight.
>
>On Apr 27, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Boris Cefer wrote:
>
> > It would be far better to install windows which open and
> > reestablish correct
> > field shunt connections.
> >
> > B
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:12 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo]
> >
> >
> >> Boris will like this item from the Boston Globe because it's about
> >> PCCs that outlasted the Boeing cars!
> >>
> >> Mattapan trolleys get cool update
> >> MBTA installing air conditioning
> >> April 26, 2007
> >> The trolleys on the MBTA's Mattapan line, among the oldest working
> >> transit vehicles in the nation, are getting cool.
> >>
> >> MBTA General Manager Daniel A. Grabauskas announced yesterday that
> >> the T would spend up to $1.1 million to outfit the 1940-era vehicles
> >> with something they've never had before: air conditioning.
> >> The trolleys are the only cars in the Massachusetts Bay
> >> Transportation Authority's 2,340 vehicle fleet without air
> >> conditioning.
> >> The small fleet, which runs between Mattapan and Ashmont stations on
> >> a separate spur of the Red Line, is currently being refurbished.
> >> There has been no service on the line since last June.
> >> All 10 trolleys are scheduled to go back to work in November.
> >> The air conditioning will probably be installed over the winter and
> >> will debut in the summer of 2008.
> >> The trolleys make 300 trips a day on the 2.55-mile line, carrying
> >> about 7,000 riders per day.
> >> "We don't want to lose the charm of the old [trolleys], and we'll
> >> maintain that,," Grabauskas said in an interview.
> >> "But clearly on a hot summer day, air conditioning becomes something
> >> that our customers expect."
> >> MAC DANIEL
> >>
> >
>
>

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