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Re: the Trolley Museum of New York-The climb upward towards Respectibility |
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Posted by ENY Blitz 5107 on Fri Aug 26 21:28:24 2016, in response to Re: the Trolley Museum of New York-The climb upward towards Respectibility, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Aug 26 13:21:31 2016. Bill Newkirk and others: Since you were the only one who actually bothered to ask for a comment from anyone from the TMNY i posed the question to our mechanical Department today to see what needs to be done in order to make the PA-1 an operable car. As most of you might know our PA-1 is a "C" car, lacking an operating cab on either end. As it sits right now the 143 is equipped with "Ohio Brass" type couplers and can be moved without air using an adapter coupler along with our IND Flatcar along with Diesel # 9. In order for the car to be coupled with air to the flatcar (which has an H2a coupler on one end) the Ohio Brass couplers need to be removed and replaced with an H2 type coupler so air can flow into the 143 so that its air brakes (which do work by the way) can be applied and released.Further, to operate the 143 in a train consist it can indeed be done.Using Diesel # 9 as the lead unit along with Flatcar F401 with the 143 sandwiched in between. The cab on the other end would be provided by R-16 # 6398. An odd, one of a kind consist that can be seen no where else! The PA-1 has been coupled to the R-16 before using an adapter coupler as the cars in the museum's collection were shuffled about the museum grounds earlier this year. To operate "In service" though the PA-1 must have working air brakes. I hope this clears up any questions you might have. |
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