[PRCo] Re: Question about 69 Squirrel Hill Route

[Derrick Brashear]

I assume they were ballasted by filling something hollow with concrete or lead or somesuch

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On May 4, 2012, at 2:18 PM, "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz> wrote:

> What does it mean "weight"?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 3:17 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Question about 69 Squirrel Hill Route
> 
> 
> Mr.Cefer,
> 
> 
> As mentioned earlier, the original B2s with which 1613 started
> service to Washington in January 1946 had weight added to them.
> At least by the time that 1614 was converted for interurban service,
> 1613 and 1614 each got a set of "experimental B3s" that were
> on the 1200s.
> 
> I do not know that 1613 received its original trucks back when those
> B3s were removed by the mid-1950s but it was nevertheless a hard
> riding car that was disliked.
> 
> One could assume from what I wrote below that the B2s were special
> trucks; they were not. But they were not good riding.
> 
> 
> 
> Phil
>