[PRCo] Re: The "Light Rail ex-1600 1700s"

[Herb Brannon]

Both were awful to operate. The PAT installed turn signals were always going dead as were the interior lights. The first time I got to operate one was the cream/red trim one. I relieved an operator at SHJct, inbound, on 42/38. By the time I got to 7th/Grant the turn signals were blinking slowly, the interior lights were getting dim, and the radio had stopped transmitting and receiving. I barely made it through the tunnel before the car would no longer run. So much for my excitement over operating one of the 'new' PCC's. These were common and recurring problems with the cars. Most of the work done on them was only cosmetic. The old wiring and controls actually needed replaced with updated versions. After all, they were still 1945 air-electrics built to the 1936 design.
   
  The cars were very troublesome and were clumsy to operate. The squared-off front end changed the clearance on curves and when turning corners. The auxillary electric circuits were always going dead, too.  Also, I always joked that the cowcatcher (pilot) should be placed under the front door steps. Then the cows could just walk on board.  
Ken & Tracie <ktjosephson at earthlink.net> wrote:
  I see both had pilots as 1700s.

K.

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From: "Ken & Tracie" 
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Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 11:33 PM
Subject: [PRCo] The "Light Rail ex-1600 1700s"


> Some slides I bought from Mr. Bromley. Was 1779 one of the interurban 
> 1600s,
> or was the pilot installed when the front end was replaced?
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Herb Brannon