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

[Boris Cefer]

That was perhaps caused by excessive maintenance?

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From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:23 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: The "Light Rail ex-1600 1700s"


> I don't recall...maybe it was the MG set.
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> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Boris
> Cefer
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 12:05 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: The "Light Rail ex-1600 1700s"
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> What was burning? Wires or brake lining?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:03 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: The "Light Rail ex-1600 1700s"
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> > I recall that we had this car on a charter once.  I have photos of smoke
> > emanating from an undercar location out at Arlington.
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> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Herb
> > Brannon
> > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:24 AM
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: The "Light Rail ex-1600 1700s"
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> > 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.
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> > K.
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ken & Tracie"
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> > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 11:33 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] The "Light Rail ex-1600 1700s"
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> > > 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?
> > > K.
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