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Posted by jan k. lorenzen on Tue Aug 25 17:33:12 2009, in response to Re: Trolley operation questions, posted by randyo on Tue Aug 25 14:14:50 2009. On some PCC cars there was a separate toggle (or push button) for the activating electric switches, on some others there was nothing and the car used power on/off activation.The actual function of the dash gang switch toggles was semi-custom to the original operator or subsequent operator's needs. There was also a minor variance on the foot pedals too. Besides Chicago's hand controls, there was St. Louis who had a two foot pedal arrangment, accel and brake with the dead man on heel switches. Most PCC's however had three pedals which would be familiar to auto operators. LH = deadman, center = brake, and RH = power. Modern streetcars built by a number of manufacturers can have either foot pedals or a side joystick. Most of the new streetcars coming out of Europe I've seen pics of have joysticks. |
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