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<DIV><FONT size=4>Fred</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I remember back in the day (the day being the early 50s) there
was an article in the <EM>Pittsburgh Press</EM> about a homeless woman who spent
her nights on PRC owl cars. She was quoted as saying they were warmer and
safer than any alternative she could afford.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>There was no comment made that I can recall in the article
about “sanitary” or bathing facilities.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fwschneider@comcast.net
href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">Fred Schneider</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 15 December, 2013 19:25</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] Cleveland Tidbits</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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prompted me to look, Herb, to see if GCRTS still has owl service and I was
astonished to see that it does. I only checked two major routes …
St. Clair and Superior but found hourly service including weekends.
Amazing. <BR><BR>Makes me wonder how many cities still have owl
service.<BR><BR>To take this back to the list, I remember my dad telling me that
Pittsburgh Railways once had hourly service on all the major car lines with
everything meeting downtown all night long on the hour so you could make
transfers. He used it every night to get back to Oakland from his
girl friend on the north side until the girl's mom decided she wasn't going to
get rid of this guy and decided to take him in as a boarder … if you can't get
rid of the boy friend you might as well make some money on the deal.
(That great lady later became my grandma and his mother-in-law.)
Seems to me that all the major Pittsburgh car lines like the 8, 82, 88, 76, 71,
73 … I picking numbers that make sense without looking … had owl service through
the 1950s and then PRC simply gave up.<BR><BR>Makes me wonder how many cities
still have all night transit service outside of New York, Cleveland,
Chicago. And how many outside of New York have all-night rail
service. <BR><BR>I understand your feelings about working on New
Years Eve, Herb. I have a friend who used to manage Deutschebahn's
southern Bavaria region and I felt sorry for him during Oktoberfest.
Imagine having a job making sure your help gets the puke scrubbed out of all the
commuter rolling stock so it can be used in the rush hour the next morning and
that no one gets hurt by intoxicated riders. Still, they are better
on transit than killing people driving cars (CDC statistics -- 2010 data
-- showed 48% of all highway deaths were caused by alcohol and
drugs). But with statistics like that, if I made my living driving
bus, I think I would want to have the flu on Dec.
31st. <BR><BR>On Dec 15, 2013, at 6:12 PM, Herb
Brannon wrote:<BR><BR>> Three interesting items are in the current issue of
Cleveland RTA e-news.<BR>> <BR>> The first deals with New Years Eve. It
seems they have decided to run all<BR>> light and heavy rails lines ALL NIGHT
on December 31/January 1 for a big<BR>> downtown New Years Eve party. I'm
glad I'm here and not there.<BR>> <BR>> Second, is the rollout of the
first of 40 rebuilt heavy rail cars for the<BR>> Red Line.<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> Third, the 100th anniversary of light rail rapid service is this month.
The<BR>> first section of what was to become Shaker Height Rapid Transit and
RTA<BR>> Green & Blue lines began December 17, 1913.<BR>> <BR>>>
From the news letter: (Be advised three photos accompanied these news<BR>>
articles. They may or may not come through the Server For The List.)<BR>>
Rapids run all night on New Year's Eve, serve major party downtown Ride<BR>>
RTA to *Cleveland Rocks*, community celebration on Public Square with
Drew<BR>> Carey<BR>> <BR>> Comedian Drew Carey returns to his native
Cleveland on Dec. 31, to<BR>> host *Cleveland<BR>> Rocks*, a New Year's
Eve party on Public<BR>>
Square<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohomecoming.com>.<BR>>
To better serve that party, and hundreds of other parties planned for
that<BR>> night, RTA will operate the Red, Blue and Green Rapid lines all
night. That<BR>> means there will be continuous rail service from the morning
of Dec.<BR>> 31through the evening of Jan.<BR>> 1. Happy New Year!<BR>>
<BR>> [image: Cleveland rocks, and on New Year's Eve, RTA will roll all
night<BR>> long. Let us be your designated<BR>>
driver!]<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohomecoming.com><BR>>
Extreme makeover: First renovated Red Line rail car goes into service
Entire<BR>> fleet of 40 cars will be done within two years, preview impresses
many<BR>> customers<BR>> <BR>> RTA unveiled its first renovated Red
Line<BR>>
car<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riderta.com%2Fnews%2Fdec-10-11-rta-unveils-new-red-line-cars>on<BR>>
Dec. 10 at Tower City. Customers who saw the display were impressed<BR>>
and<BR>> delighted. The first renovated car will go into service after Jan.
1. RTA's<BR>> goal is to renovate two cars each month, until all 40 cars are
in service.<BR>> The interior renovation features brighter lights, upgraded
seats and seat<BR>> frames, new windows and more space for wheelchairs,
strollers and bicycles.<BR>> <BR>> [image: RTA's Red Line is getting a
long-awaited makeover. Find out here<BR>> what you can expect to see over the
next two<BR>>
years.]<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riderta.com%2Fnews%2Fdec-10-11-rta-unveils-new-red-line-cars><BR>>
Happy Anniversary: Light-rail service began here 100 years ago A few<BR>>
miles of track in Shaker Heights grew into the system we see today<BR>>
<BR>> 100 years ago, on Dec. 17, 1913, Cleveland's Rapid Transit began
growing<BR>> into the system we know today. Trains began operating on the
first 1.6 mile<BR>>
segment<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riderta.com%2Fdec-17-1913-first-light-rail-service-operates-shaker-heights>in<BR>>
the median of what would become Shaker Blvd., from Coventry Road east<BR>>
to<BR>> Fontenay Road. The fare was 3 cents. That section is now part of
RTA's<BR>> Green Line. It is the oldest local section of continuously
operating Rapid<BR>> tracks still in use today.<BR>> <BR>> [image: One
hundred years? It seems like only yesterday that light rail<BR>> service
began in Cleveland. Find out more about our history<BR>>
here.]<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riderta.com%2Fdec-17-1913-first-light-rail-service-operates-shaker-heights><BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Herb Brannon<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> *In Pittsburgh.............................A City And .........A State
of<BR>> Mind*<BR>> Let's Go Pens<BR>> Let's Go Steelers<BR>>
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