Re: Re :Gorgeous 39e trucks................

The Milwaukee Electric 700 series also had max traction trucks with the pony wheels to the center of the car.  They were Baldwin 58-18M instead of the usual Brill max-trac.  They came with 2 WH306CA2 motors.  They later made them 4 motor cars by adding 2 GE264A motor on the pony axles.  They were not popular cars.  Originally center door cars, they were rebuilt with end doors and concrete floors.  They were heavy and indestructible.  One car ran away on a downgrade and plowed into the rear of another 700.  People were thrown out the doors into the street, but there was no damage to the cars.


At 12:01 AM 10/1/2002, you wrote:

Milantram......
 
Wellington were never told that the small wheel was supposed to be leading in their Brill max traction trucks.
 
They must have got it right though, they were the standard for many years and survived the rugged hilly routes without problems.
 
I took a shot which you would appreciate back in the early 60's on the Thorndon route from the Davis Street railway bridge.
 
WGB

Don Ross
Irving, Texas
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