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

[Derrick Brashear]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
> Herb
>
> The details may be different, but I think the PRC "radiophone" was similar in concept to the "Trainphone" system used by both the PRR and the KCS.  It was an induction system and had similar drawbacks and was phased out in favor of newer-technology radios.  Units so equipped on the "steam" railways were recognizable by the handrail-appearing antennae on loco and caboose tops.

PRR veterans have suggested that in electrified territory, trainphone
wasn't necessarily as reliable as it was elsewhere. I do wonder if
this worked better.