On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:26 AM James Knott via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
> On 2020-05-29 09:57 AM, Russell Reiter wrote: > > Although, if you remember the Red Rocket era cars, you also probably > > remember watching them hook together with train couplings when one > > broke down. The push connection was commonplace. The pull connection > > always drew a crowd, just to watch the backup manouver. That was a show. > > While all streetcars have a means of emergency removal, at one time they > were often coupled together to handle the passenger load. You could see > those couplers on many of the PCC cars. These couplers were capable of > passing the control signals, so that both cars could provide traction. > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidents%27_Conference_Committee_(Toronto_streetcar)#Fleet I remember riding on a coupled pair once or twice. Unfortunately as traffic increased and prolonged traffic jams became more commonplace, along with the fact that they couldn't access the short turn loops without being uncoupled, the coupling practice died out. On the CLRV's corrosion in the joining conduits also became an interface problem. > > > > > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Russell
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