[PRCo] Re: Drum__Brakes_--_All-Electrics,__etc........

[Jim Holland]

You mustn't be reading closely --- I have said  
_Exactly__The__Same__Thing_ about Muni --- the Very Best that can be 
said of Muni in the latter 1970s is that their maintenance was Criminal 
Neglect --- in Noah's Ark Ives for this list!!!  I am Very Much Aware of 
what is going on within the systems --- I, too, have participated on a 
variety of committees including Safety, Overhead, Planning, and a number 
of others --- also mentioned here on this list!

But we also know the exact cause of the Run Away of 1727 --- truck swap 
out and dragging motor lead.  As I said, and as you quote below, 1727 
may still have been a problem car before that but that wasn't related to 
The Accident!!!



Herb Brannon wrote:
> So, I take it that you 'believe' everything you hear, so long as it 
> comes from an "official" source ?? Most of the "general public" do 
> believe "official sources." Like I said, many things went on at 
> PATransit relating to safety issues which were not discussed with 
> 'outsiders'. I was put on a special safety committee at the request of 
> our Local 85 ATU back in 1978. Believe me, if you only knew how unsafe 
> that system really was. Things at PATransit's rail system were not as 
> "goodie-goodie" as you think they were.
> Jim Holland <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> wrote:
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> 1727 may have been a problem car but *_The__Problem_* which caused the
> accident has been positively identified and is most probably totally
> unrelated to other problems the car had.
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> Rise Up -- Go Cavs
> Herb Brannon
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