[PRCo] Re: 1700-series PCC Interurban TrolleyCars

[Fred Schneider]

Phillip:

Probably the only youngster on the list is Derrick Brashear, the list  
manager and he is not in his mid 30s.     I'm 67.   I think John  
Swindler is close to 62.   I first saw Holland running the brand new  
Boeing cars at an ERA convention in San Francisco about 1980; I'm  
guessing he is pushing 60.   Lybarger, like myself is retired.   Bob  
Dietrich retired last year.  Rich Allman has past 60 but he likes  
medicine so much he talks about continuing to practice until he is  
75.   Herb Brannon was a motorman for PAT when the PCCs were still  
running ... way back when ... I think I remember him saying he was  
there when 1600s were still running.    Jerry Matsick remembers the  
thermal inversion that killed all those people in Donora under a  
blanket of Smog almost 60 years ago.    Bob Rathke posts pictures he  
took in the very early 1960s and perhaps late 1950s in Pittsburgh ...  
he is still working but I make him about to be middle 60s.  Ken  
Josephson is a spring chicken with a 12-year old daughter.   Mark ...  
I guessing about my buddy Mark but if I had to lay money I would say  
45.   But then I never was a good judge of age.

Now you can all come back and call me a son-of-a-b.

After all guys, if we knew Pittsburgh Railways, none of us can be  
young.   The exception was Derrick who started the list because he  
wanted to learn from the rest of us.

Fred 3

On Oct 1, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

> Questions are a route to understanding  --  never hesitate to ask.   
> Good to hear that you are healing but don't want to rush it.  Your  
> trip to Pgh. shall provide opportunity to get more questions  
> answered if you go to the library at the museum as you wish.  Then  
> you can answer some of our questions.
>
> I haven't read all the emails at the website and probably never  
> will but have seen a few of yours.  Guessing you are a younger  
> railfan who didn't see the streetcars of Prc.  It was a fascinating  
> system.  I was very much impressed with your identification of  
> Charleroi photos in an area that you haven't seen yourself.
>
> Phil
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark McGuire <macmarka at netzero.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:02:19 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1700-series PCC Interurban TrolleyCars
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> That's quite alright, Phil. Most of the guys on this list are very  
> up on the technical aspects of trolley operations. I am not. I  
> have, however, learned to ask questions no matter how moronic they  
> may be. I am glad I asked this question.
>   Fred III sent me an off-list e-mail once when I first signed up  
> for this. In it he stated that everyone on this list puts their  
> pants on one leg at a time. I took that to heart and became less  
> ashamed to ask what I'm sure many percieved as "stupid questions".  
> In fact, I once again thought of that before I asked this latest  
> question. I thank Fred for taking the time to do that.
>   I have learned more than can be imagined just by reading the  
> posts on this list and am very thankful to be here.
>   Oh, and welcome aboard Phil. You've already taught me something  
> and I'm sure you'll teach me even more.
>
>                             Mark
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> -- Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Pittsburgh was one of those companies.  Power / coast used in the  
> description because it is more !descriptive! than toggle / coast  
> isn't it.  Please accept my apologies for the confusion.
>
> Phil
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> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Boris Cefer <westinghouse at iol..cz>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:04:14 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1700-series PCC Interurban TrolleyCars
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> It was strictly prohibited on some properties to set the switch by  
> power
> application because it causes burning to the overhead contactor and  
> may
> cause also further damage to the track setting circuits. Pushing  
> the track
> switch button limits the setting current to +/- 70 amperes while power
> application is always higher than 220 amperes.
>
> B
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:30 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1700-series PCC Interurban TrolleyCars
>
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>> Now please explain to a rookie what the track switch is for. I  
>> thought the
>> switches were controled by either coasting through or applying  
>> power. Was
>> this button mainly used in the older days?
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