Car Life

[Kenneth Josephson]

It appears some of the 1000s and 1100s received some sort of overhaul during
the1950's, as a number of them appeared sporting the 1700 paint scheme. Were
these repainted cars actually overhaul or did they simply receive cosmetic
attention?

If these 10s and 11s were indeed overhauled, why did Pittsburgh Railways chose to
retain 1200s and 1400s that were approaching the need for major overhauls? Would
it have made more economic sense to retain recently overhauled twenty two year
old cars over cars four or five years newer but in need of complete overhauls?

It appears Boston took factors other than age into account when MBTA decided to
retain and overhaul some of its PCCs.  Ken J.