Johnstown PCC Scans & a Pittsburgh Fantasy

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:

> I wonder if the Johnstown PCCs and the well maintained DC Transit
> PCCs would have found a home on PAT's lines in the mid to late 1960's.
> Shall we play a little game of "What if?" :-)

	Do you remember a time in the 80s (were you shaving yet, Ken?!) 
when they considered purchasing / leasing some Boston cars?  If they 
purchased the Dallas DE cars from Bean Town, they wouldn't have to put 
those ({[ooogly]}) front poles on three of their own!  Don't remember the 
details.  Both Johnstown and DC were long gone before ({[PAT]}), weren't 
they?
	Los Angeles went out in 1963 and since Overbrook was once a 
narrow gauge railroad with some of that rail supposedly remaining in 
1964, they could have used the extremely well maintained LA air-cars; the 
all-electrics would be too wide!  You did say "What if?" - didn't 
you???????
	Bombardier, which built the superb LRVs for Portland, OR, initial 
order was contemplating building a car using "updated PCC technology!!!" 
 Now here is a "What IF?" that you can run with!
	Oorrrrr, there might be some good, used, articulated, PCCs from 
Europe or Russia that might have filled the bill as well!  These would 
probably be *more skinnier* than the Pgh. PCCs and would fit in very 
nicely.
	Orrrrr, Pgh. could have purchased / leased the cars sitting 
around in El Paso and renumbered one #100 - they were almost as old!

-- 
James B. Holland
       PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS COMPANY (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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