Why Not Pittsburgh? (Muni F-Line)
John Swindler
j_swindler at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 21 13:27:41 EDT 2000
>Kenneth Josephson noted:
>
>Just a little excerpt from a letter to a friend. We were lamenting
>Kenosha's decision to not honor the original local rail transit service
>with a car painted in their scheme:
>
>"Why all those other cities that had nothing to do with Southeastern
>Wisconsin? Since none of the cars are authentic anyway (i.e., in TTC
>paint) I see no reason for Kenosha to honor other PCC cities. Oh, and I'm a
>bit ticked off at Muni for not honoring one of the major players in PCC
>developement and usage, Pittsburgh.
>
>My fantasy is that they need more cars for the F-Line and that Westinghouse
>rescues a privately held 1600 and 1700. They contribute the funds to
>restore the former in its original red front 1945 paint and the 17 in its
>fabulous 1948-49 white front scheme."
>
Isn't Westinghouse now known as CBS or ABC??? So that they can make lots of
money producing "mush for the masses."
As for Kenosha, probably painted in the paint schemes favored by those
responsible for its construction. Just a guess, Ken.
John S.
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