[PRCo] Re: Cleveland

Sun Jan 14 18:58:18 EST 2007

Herb Brannon wrote:
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> Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is perhaps one of 
> the best in the USA (we still have 24-hour service on 12 routes;

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NOTE:                Am including several photos to Set The Stage for 
Cleveland.       PRCo 1095 was shipped to Cleveland for Demon. purposes 
and was Even Repainted into Camouflage colors for that demon.
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SF has 24-hour service on over a dozen routes and some of the Owls are 
combinations of several routes with a new number.       We even have 
crosstown routes with Owls.       We have 24-hour rail lines but they 
are worked by motor coaches for Owls; 5-,  14-,  22-,  24-Trolley Coach 
Lines are Owls and parts of other TC lines are included in other Owl 
Lines.       SF  is a small area  --  7-miles each way!!
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> even the wealthy ride the bus, car, and train;

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My line, 3-Jackson, runs Pacific Heights  --  Getty and the likes live 
up here, Not that he rides the bus!!       When they changed the 
41-Union trolley coach to rush hour only in 1988, a former 24-hour line, 
they had to add extra Very Early Morning runs to accommodate the Stock 
Brokers who complained they didn't not have a ride downtown!!!
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> service improvements continue constantly;

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T-Third Street Rail line just began weekend free service  --  this will 
be 7-day service beginning April and will be 24-hours with Owls operated 
by beese.
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> bus rapid transit (in the middle of Euclid Avenue) is under construction;

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BRT is being considered for Van Ness, THE  highway 101 in SF as we have 
very little in the way of Freeways In The City,  and  BRT being 
considered for Geary as well.
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> new equipment (buses) are purchased annually;

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This is  Highly  Unusual.
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> cars and trains are being rebuilt every month) and yet it is one of 
> the oddes systems to work for! We have no annual "system pick" like 
> PATransit or most other systems whereby operators may change operating 
> stations. Once you are assigned to a station you are there for the 
> duration. 

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We  'usually'  have a General Annually where we can change Barns   AND   
we take our seniority with us.       Some places allow changing barns 
but then seniority starts Over from the Bottom at the new 
location!!!       I am  #0002  in my division  --  Presidio Trolley 
Coaches  --  and about #0014 out of 2200 on the whole system.
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> Will tackle the SHRT question later.

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Look forward to this!!!
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Included are 3-photos:::::::
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..........01.>--4273 is 2nd-hand even though it Most Likely never 
operated in Louisville who purchased the cars  --  one or two did do 
some sneak testing but it was  'reportedly'  done so as to draw little 
public attention  --  bulk of the cars were shipped directly to 
Cleveland.       Like the low-level fan enclosure.       Note the auto 
forward of the TrolleyCar  --  several shades of paint  --  generally 
think of monotone colors on autos of the day!!!
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..........02.>--Beautiful Snow shot of 4223 at some  'wye!'       Maybe 
the wye was useful from both directions thus the switch pan just forward 
of the frog.       But what is very confusing is the apparent insulator 
in the overhead used for tension purposes to the left in the photo with 
an  'apparent'  feed to either side of the insulator?!?!?!?!       
Pullman cars look like old Velveeta Cheese Boxes on wheels  --  used to 
use these boxes for Mock TrolleyCars when a kid  --  stick a pencil in 
the top, cut a wedge out of the eraser, string  'string'  as overhead 
between chair / table / other legs to  'operate'  these  TrolleyCars and 
Literally Trip Up The Whole Flam Damily!!
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..........03.>--The proverbial Two Tow Job  --  looks like older style 
All-Electric B2 trucks!!!
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..........04.>--4th of the 3-photos shows PRCo 1095 in Cleveland Colors
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Jim___Holland
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>> Herb Brannon wrote:
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>>> This is the main reason I moved back to my 
>>> hometown.................  Cleveland is everything a 'Steel City' 
>>> should be. Something happened sometime after 1985 that changed 
>>> Pittsburgh far too much. I concur with the comments of the writer.
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>>> On Jan 13, 2007, at 5:40 AM, Jim Holland wrote: 
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>> Maybe we should expand the list coverage to include Cleveland -- 
>> isn't it a Division of WP -- West of Pennsylvania??!! :-) ;-)
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>> Do you plan to transfer to Shaker when you have enough snority?
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>> Impressions of Shaker Operation??
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>> Jim___Holland
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> Herb Brannon

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