[PRCo] Re: Mattapan - Ashmont line in Boston

[John Swindler]

That's about the length of the PTM demonstration railway.
 
 
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Mattapan - Ashmont line in Boston> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 00:40:34 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > I never cease to be amazed at what a one minute search on Google will > turn up. The answer is 2.2 miles. See Wikipedia article below.> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmont–Mattapan_High_Speed_Line> > On Feb 6, 2008, at 11:35 PM, Mark McGuire wrote:> > > How long is this line? I don't think it's very long and thankfully > > so. I don't think many people could take a long ride sitting on > > those seats. Also, did the stations used to be at ground level?> >> > -- Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:> > No kidding. But consider the alternative.> >> > On Feb 6, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Ken & Tracie wrote:> >> >> 25 mph? I guess we can't call the car line the "Mattapan-Ashmont> >> High Speed> >> Trolley Line" anymore, either....> >>> >> K.> >>> >> ----- Original Message -----> >> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>> >> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:20 AM> >> Subject: [PRCo]> >>> >>> >>> The original message was posted by Bob Vogel to Philly Traction at> >>> yahoogroups and shows pictures he took of the reopened Mattapan-> >>> Ashmont service in Boston on Monday. I find it amazing that those> >>> PCC cars are still soldiering on 65 years after they were built but> >>> the Boeing Vertol cars built in the 1980s have long since been> >>> retired. Are these really PCC cars? Russ Jackson quipped that> >>> they were PCC-D for degraded. They no longer meet the original> >>> performance specification ... they only are capable of about 25 > >>> miles> >>> per hour. As I recall they do not use field weakening today after> >>> all resistance is cut out. And they have solid steel wheels > >>> instead> >>> of resilient wheels because of an alleged inability to maintain the> >>> shunts around the rubber wheel sandwiches which were needed not only> >>> to ground the car 's electrical system but more importantly for> >>> signal protection. So Fred the Third would not call them PCCs.> >>> He would be more likely to consider a car that was more advanced > >>> than> >>> a PCC a PCC but certainly not one that had stepped backward into the> >>> shadows.> >>>> >>> photographed on Monday> >>> Ashmont station> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040070> >>>> >>> Mattapan terminal> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040196> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040197> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040198> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040199> >>>> >>> interior> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040200> >>>> >>> Ashmont loop> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040071> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040072> >>> http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1040073> >>>> >>>> >>> __._,_.___> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > _____________________________________________________________> > Tax Preparation Services - Click Here.> > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/ > > Ioyw6i4uf40p7A4qWwRWa17YBnHgBF55vggYAkE9sXTKR7qASgtnMk/> >> >> >> >> > > 
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