[PRCo] AC

[Jim Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:
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> I was amazed riding the new S-Bahn trains in Munich ... probably only 
> 3 miles per hour per second acceleration with those AC-motor cars, 
> which isn't great compared to a PCC, but it's essentially linear all 
> the way to the top end. The PCC was 4.75
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Most lrvs have lower acceleration rates than PCCs  --  probably because 
of the train capability and greater number of standees  --  less 
opportunity for fall on boards  --  don't know that it goes to 3.0 but 
3.5-mph/ps comes to mind.
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> He pointed out that everything built in the last decade has had AC 
> motors.
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> Fred Schneider
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Believe Muni used AC motors on the artic Flyer TrolleyCoaches but went 
back to DC on the Bredas  --  don't remember details and don't remember why.
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Interesting that friend in San Jose wrote about new Metro East Barn 
construction  --  I wrote that I had seen the line but haven't seen 
anything operating.     He wrote back:::       """Aha! Since it has been 
discovered that we both have such a high level of interest in the 
construction progress of the Metro East yard on Illinois, I hereby 
submit this photo, snatched from an online post on the trainorders 
website.     Now we don't have to go there to see it in person!"""
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I  Geese  if I get some of those RailFan type visitors from Out of State 
I will then see this in person.     But Udderwise, if I have only ridden 
the F-line a half dozen times since it officially opened, I doubt I 
shall see much of Metro East~!~!~!~!~!
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> On Nov 3, 2007, at 5:03 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:
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>> I knew you would appreciate something from the past. I do not believe 
>> in a good future but good memories from the past push me forward!
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>> B
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