[PRCo] Re: Fineview

[Herb Brannon]

October 2, 1951 (From the chart in the Pittsburgh section entitled "Where
The PCCs Ran", PCC - From Coast To Coast)
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Schneider Fred <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

> Somewhere in the second PCC book I mentioned that certain of the GE
> 1600s were rebuilt with higher brake pressure for service on route 21
> Fineview.   That tidbit came from Headlights magazine at a time when
> the magazine's editor was John Baxter who was an instructor for
> Pittsburgh Railways.    It was probably reasonably authentic.   The
> 5500s running on Fineview were the last single-end low-floor cars in
> the city in base service; the rebuilt 1600s replaced them.   I do not
> remember the date.   I do not have a copy of the book handy ...
> probably about 1952.
>
> On Jul 12, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:
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> > From the archives I note that the 1601s  'may'  have been specially
> > configured  (braking)  for the 21-Fineview, 10-cars either the 1680s
> > or 1690s.  Are the 1601s the first PCCs used on Fineview?  Can it be
> > documented that any other PCCs were  'regularly'  used?  As with
> > that great TV program:  'Just the Facts, Sir!'
> >
> >
> > Phil
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Herb Brannon
On America's North Coast