*Yellow* Cars & Fineview -- WAS: [Re: Laketon Road -- W as: This Last Week]

[mrb190]

I'm definitely NOT an expert on the mechanics of the PCC, or the
standard cars.   But as the common man on the street who sees what lasts
and what doesn't, these cars have lasted a LONG time.  What kind of
diesel or motorized vehicle has out-lasted these wonders?  Built well to
last into the next century...

Jim Holland wrote:
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> Fred Schneider wrote:
> 
> > that to me sounds a lot like a railfan rumor
> > ... the kind of rumor that becomes fact if we tell it often enough.  I'll
> > believe it if three separate motormen, who worked the cars, tell me it is
> > true without having contact with each other.
> 
>         Yes - I stand against that kind of rumor as well [holes in the floor to
> drop sand].  I wouldn't believe [that one] if you did get 3-independent
> operators to confirm!
>         That is why I spoke about against exorbitant speed of PCC cars - and
> was even chastised by people on this very list for so doing - people who
> know better themselves.  With the internet, the spread of these rumors
> can really be rampant.  People on the net tell local clubs and people
> and it snowballs from there.  The PCC was an excellent piece of
> equipment for its day - not perfect, but extremely good - but grossly
> exaggerating the claims about performance does not make it better!
> 
> James B. Holland
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