[PRCo] Re: Interurban Route Speeds

[Jim Holland]

Yesterday's SF Chron had an article about SF Muni where it indicates 
Average Speed @ 8.1-mph is slowest in the nation!     AC-Transit  
(successor(?) to Key System across the Bay in Oakland)  is 11.7 and 
BeanTown is 16.9 - Well Over Twice that of Muni.     This is obviously 
comparing system to system but it would be More interesting to compare 
Bus to Bus, TrolleyCoach to TrolleyCoach  (Boston and SF), and rail to 
rail except that Muni is essentially a streetcar system with a long 
tunnel under Market while Boston has much El, subway, and totally prw lrvs.
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http://tinyurl.com/2k9vap
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Don't have time to go through all the messages now  --  have papers to 
prepare for committee work  --  see you sometime next week.
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> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 5:08:41 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Interurban Route Speeds
>
> You might have done 40+ mph coming downhill from Eldora to Black Diamond in
> a 3700 or 3800, but not for long.  Normally it was a lot less...the track
> just wasn't that good in later years.  I thought the PCCs on Washington
> poked along.  The schedule speed was a lot lower than the peak:
>
> Charleroi:  35.23 miles        2:10 RT        2.1667 hours    16.25975 mph
> Washington:  29.03 miles    1:49 RT        1.8167 hours    15.97952 mph
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jerry
> Matt Matsick
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 7:51 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Interurban Route Speeds
>
>
> I had  the opportunity to ride the Charleroi Interurban and thinking back as
> a 10-12 year old boy, I thought the car was  "flying", but in reality it
> probably wasn't, all I know on some of the open straight aways, it seemed
> like we were "flying",  some thoughts on this?
> and travel times from Pittsburgh to Li'l Wash and to Charleroi,  the
> conversations on this
> group have been fantastic, keep it up!
> Jerry Matsick
>
>
>
> --
> Jerry "Matt" Matsick
> Jacksonville, Florida
>
>
> -------------- Original message from "Edward H. Lybarger"
> <trams2 at comcast.net>: --------------
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>
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>> Looks like maybe a 3500, which would have been wood. The trucks are wrong
>> for a 3400. The steel sides on 3487 were added when it became M132.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
>> prcopcc at p-r-co.com
>> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:14 AM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at lists.dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Large Wood TrolleyCar~!~!~!
>>
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/295x68
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*Jim Holland*

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....................From 1930 -- 1950

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