[PRCo] Re: Cleveland_--_Shaker

[Boris Cefer]

The reason why 26" instead 25" wheels were installed on some PCC cars wasn't
higher balancing speed. The intent was probably greater clearance between
the truck and track and longer service life of the wheels.

B

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> 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
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> > 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.
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