[PRCo] Re: Active PCC lines?

[Boris Cefer]

But not all of the shunts were broken... Were the signals less reliable or 
they did not work at all?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:59 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Active PCC lines?


> Phil:
> When you do not know how to properly torque the mounting bolts or maintain 
> the shunts around the rubber so that the signals will detect cars, you go 
> to solid steel wheels to correct inadequate maintenance practices.   Phil 
> Craig could explain the Boston problem ... I recall they were ordered to 
> use solid wheels because cars were not tripping signals because the shunts 
> around the rubber were broken off and not being fixed.
>
> As you hinted, it was a matter of incompetence.
>
> Fred Schneider