[PRCo] Re: Trucks

[Boris Cefer]

I recognize I could send it as a private e-mail.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 10:59 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Trucks


Thank You Very Much for this summary, Boris  --  your keen interest and
investigative skills have told us more about our own system than most of
us are able to assemble~!~!~!~!       It Is Gratifying to know that PRCo
participated in This And Other Aspects of PCC research.
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This is an area of great interest for myself but I recognize that others
don't find it as interesting and it can be quite laborious and tedious
hashing through the details to come to a conclusion, but this is true
for all aspects of any topic  --  wading through details can be
overwhelming and very exhausting.
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Thanks to those of you have gone along for this ride without objecting.
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Did they run these 4-12s on Loop-De-Loops of the Kennywood Loop  (open
T-Rail, prw)  or where else did they test these cars On Open
T-Rail?       87?      Believe Tom Phillips said he had seen some of
these 12s sitting on the SHJ mystery track.       How much service did
they see on the Interurbans, at least as cutbacks to Library / Shannon?
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Boris Cefer wrote:
> Delete key is to the right of Enter...
> This is only a small addition to my extensive PCC truck research.
> Transit Research Corporation, St. Louis Car Company and Pittsburgh 
> Railways Company worked on a development of a truck for open track. It was 
> then known as B-3 type. Certain documents indicate that also Chicago was 
> interested in a similar truck but all experimenting eventually took place 
> in Pittsburgh. St. Louis Car Company built two slightly different sets of 
> experimental trucks in 1941. Each set of trucks underwent extensive 
> testing and they were also rebuilt several times which always resulted in 
> two different truck sets. As for the cars which tested the trucks, one set 
> was put under 1225, then modified and put under 1278, then again modified 
> and put under 1613. The other set was first tested under 1248, then 
> modified and went under 1230, again modified and put under 1614. At this 
> point there is no proof, but it is possible that before putting under 1600 
> series cars, both truck sets spent some time under their previous 1200 
> series cars.
> So at this point we are quite well familiar with life story of these 
> trucks, at least to the point before regular production of B-3 trucks 
> started in 1947. What we do not know is the performance of the 
> experimental trucks. Perhaps there are some records in someone's private 
> hands.
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> Boris