[milwaukee-electric] Re: National City Lines.

[Scott Greig]

Both instances could be as simple as people in charge recognizing reality...the PCC provider realizing that the company didn't have a prayer of affording to actually buy a fleet of new cars, and Speedrail's receiver recognizing that what the company needed was venture capital, which in 1950 nobody was going to invest in a trolley line with a destroyed reputation among its service population.

--- On Tue, 3/29/11, Louis Rugani <x779 at webtv.net> wrote:

> From: Louis Rugani <x779 at webtv.net>
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] National City Lines.
> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
> Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 9:40 AM
> NCL and related operations were very
> secretive and some of its tentacles were very tenuous. We
> know now NCL offered new Cadillacs to governing officials
> who agreed to vote for its agendas ... not all of them, just
> enough to get the majority of votes. They bought influence.
> 
> In Milwaukee, Speedrail was offered a free PCC demonstrator
> which would have saved power, but the offer was quickly
> rescinded without any explanation.  
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> Speedrail examiners gushed with optimism one month who said
> it had high potential ... and the next month, the very same
> officials flip-flopped and said the operation was hopeless
> and should be abandoned.  
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> KMCL had Northland Greyhound and Hammond Motor Coach ties.
> 
> There's lots more.
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> =Lou=
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> The opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don L. Leistikow
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 2:21 AM
> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: National City Lines.
> 
> Ken:  I've heard both arguements pro and con, on the
> topic of NCL behind
> the demolition of Milwaukee strretcars, et
> al.   
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> I've yet to fand any connection with TM and NCL.  The
> only possible
> connection, albeit remote, would be from of through a
> connection
> stemming from KMCL and its connection by or with Hammond
> Motor Coach.             
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> Don L.    
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