The last batch of Sydney P class trams had Westinghouse AL or AL-PC control.. On these controllers, the reverser handle protruded from a slot on the side of the controller. The former SPER ballast tamper had one of these Westinghouse controllers. I have one for model tramway use as well as a PC5 controller and a GE controller [C71G ?].

Question – I recall a Melbourne W5 [?] tram with a ‘Pan handle controller’. Were there many of these and what was the underfloor electrical gear like ?

Noel Reed.

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Gday Richard, All

The only GE remote controls that I know of is Type"M" manual or auto
acceleration, 5 series and 4 parallel,trams and sparks.

Type "M" is electro magnetic and PC gear is Electro Pneumatic

PC5 auto acceleration,5 series ,4 parallel and PCM, 9 series,9 parallel

There was also PC 6 and PC9 for railways,basically the same as PC5,but
with heavier electrical gear

Cheers, Mick

On 24/04/2017 2:14 PM, Richard Youltressteleg@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

Quite an interesting story. No doubt GE found the Sydney tramways also to be quite profitable with various types of remote control and automatic acceleration equipment used on trams, particularly the O and P classes.

There are probably members of this group who follow electro pneumatic control gear closer than I do and are familiar with the various types produced by General Electric.

While the Sydney P class used PC5 (I think), I am currently preparing a video on the Hershey interurban line in Cuba. On one ride the PC control on a Brill car failed and I am wondering whether anybody knows what type was used on those Brills. It looked bigger than what is on a P. A photo from the video could be supplied.

A search of the Internet to date has revealed nothing on GE control gear, let alone what was used in Cuba.

Regards,

Richard

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