[PRCo] Re: SLPS/SHRT/PTC/MUNI PCC Question

[Herb Brannon]

I'm not so sure about protecting the trolley pole. Poles are normally high
enough off the roof the allow a car to park behind without interference.
Also, take for instance Shaker Hgts Rapid Transit which used PCCs coupled
together in MU trains of 2, 3, or 4 cars. Normal operation was with the pole
on the rear car up and the other poles down. There was no interference
between forward car poles and rear car front ends. Some of these trains were
even made up using the same PCCs from SLPS which used the mystery device.
Perhaps when more photos can be looked at maybe some other reason for that
device can be seen.
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 22:52, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

> Herb
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> My guess is that the pole, when pulled down, extends beyond the rear of the
> car, and that this apparatus is to prevent it from banging onto the roof of
> a car parked close up to it.  I don't see any rear side views in the book,
> but if there were one available with the pole pulled down, that would prove
> my contention or open up the riddle for another solution.  If no one else
> comes up with confirmation or a better idea, when I have some time, I'll go
> thru my SLPS fots and see if I have one that suits.  I took a number at
> DeBalivere (sp?) CH back in 1962 and one might disclose this.
>
> Dwight
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Herb Brannon
>  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>  Sent: Thursday, 18 November, 2010 20:58
>  Subject: [PRCo] SLPS/SHRT/PTC/MUNI PCC Question
>
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>   For those who have a copy of PCC-From Coast to Coast handy. Take a look
> at
>  the section on St Louis Public Service Co.and the 1600s and 1700s in
>  particular. The SLPS 1600-series and 1700-series PCCs have a small device
>  mounted on the roof just back from the top of the destination sign. It
>  appears to have a bracket in the center and is made from a tube shaped
> piece
>  of metal, attached to the bracket and extending to both the right and left
>  sides of the car roof. I can find no mention of this device in any of my
>  books. When SLPS sold their cars to Shaker Heights Rapid Transit,
>  Philadelphia Transportation Co and the San Francisco Municipal Railway the
>  device was missing when the cars arrived in their new homes. Does anyone
>  know the purpose of this device?
>  --
>  Herb Brannon
>  In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park