[PRCo] Re: Car 3556

[Jim Holland]

Very Interesting.    Thank You for taking the time to provide these details


Jim

PS  --  where did they find the 1/2_Man~?~!~?




Fred Schneider wrote:
> When I was in Europe, Jim Holland posted a picture of 3556. In all the 
> debris and detris that Bob Dietrich, John Swindler and Ed Lybarger 
> hauled out of my home and dumped in my apartment during my absence, I 
> just discovered a copy of the car record card for that car.
>
> Dimensions were left blank. It shows the car was contracted in 1915 
> from Standard Steel as a 1 - 2 man closed motor car. It was listed as 
> converted to double end in 1928 but, as we know, the doors were never 
> changed. The car had two M-24 trucks but these appear to have ben 
> changed on Sept. 15, 1925 to M-25. The car had a Westinghouse DH-16 
> compressor with an AR governor, and it was changed to an R-4 governor 
> in 1928. The car originally had 2 M-20A brake valves, changed to 2 
> M-20AS valves. Brake cylder was a 10x12. There were three 10x32 air 
> reservoirs. The car originally 4 No. 247 motors with a gear ratio of 
> 18:47, 2 PR controllers with 5 grids and Westinghouse contactors. The 
> term PR controllers usually meant Pittsburgh Railways Jones control. 
> On January 2, 1939 safety control equipment was applied ... I think 
> the state law required it by the end of 1938. The conversion to 1/2 
> man operation was done on Aug. 4, 1930.
>
> I've ignored some of the minor details.
>
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