[PRCo] Re: OT Boston

[Boris Cefer]

The ride is not so boring with flat spots...:-D

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken & Tracie" <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:19 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: OT Boston


>I remember riding the Kenosha PCCs during the Paul Weyrich fantrip, circa
> 1999. The cars had trucks from retired CTA "Spam Cans" (6000s.)
> The wheels were awful. The late Joe McCarthy explained to us that
> replacement wheels were in the works.
>
> As I recall, the 6000s at speed were fun to ride as long as the trainset 
> or
> car you were in had good wheels. I can imagine the pounding truck 
> components
> took at 40 mph with all four wheels having multiple flat spots.
>
> K.