[PRCo] Re: Cleveland_--_Shaker

[Boris Cefer]

It takes a mile to get up to that speed? With an empty or full car?
Our PCCs (empty) need ca 0.1 mile to get up to 32 to 35 mph. I don't think
one mile is exact estimate for 43.5 mph.

B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:39 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Cleveland_--_Shaker


>
> O doubt of the average on Shaker was over 20 mph because they made
> far more stops that the Pittsburgh interurbans and the top speed was
> still nothing more than a standard PCC but modified with 1 inch
> larger wheels  ... the balancing speed might have been 43.5 unless
> they were governed to a lower speed but we need to remember it still
> takes a mile to get up to that speed.   You might have gotten 45
> downhill into the terminal with a full car in the AM rush but up hill
> in the evening rush hour with standees ... I would bet that 30 mph
> was pushing the envelope even with no stops for a full mile.   And
> once you passed Shaker Square, you would have no more than a quarter
> mile between stops.    The advantage that Shaker Heights had was that
> long haul with only two intermediate stops between (I my mind is
> working ... E. 55th and E 34th)  between Shaker Square and the
> Terminal.   You could not do that with a bus or a car or your own
> automobile on city streets.