[PRCo] Re: LRVs out of service this morning; Remaining PCCs return to the rails

[Jim Holland]

Derrick!

	You  n-e-v-e-r  sleep, do you?!?!?!  Will be interested in hearing of
the problem and solution!

	Interesting that at the end of the Jones era (I know it is technically
correct to say  *low-floor*  --  but typing Jones is easier!!) when it
was found that even the PCC fleet was more than sufficient to render
service that the Jones cars were scrapped within a couple years and the
PCCs were able to carry on without aid from their predecessors!
	And if this experience, as well as somewhat similar experiences on
other properties are any indication  --  then maybe those PCCs and a few
more ought to be kept indefinitely for such emergencies!

	But it isn't exactly the same today - lrvs are a minority of the
transit system rather than the backbone.  Still, to find major flaws
that disables a majority of the fleet is astounding!(:=>)

	Dayton pulled 50 of their 57 ETI-Skodas because of major structural
cracks and defects!  Hope we don't have the same problem.

> Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> It's my understanding that due to serious flaws uncovered in one of the
> major subsystems of the LRVs that the Port Authority will be operating a
> reduced schedule today, and that said schedule will be operated entirely
> with the few remaining PCCs which have not yet been removed from the
> property. Details are still sketchy and it remains to be seen what will
> happen Monday morning, as the PCCs on hand don't even come close to
> providing the necessary capacity for weekday schedules; I assume they'll be
> making emergency repairs to the LRVs to get them back in service as soon as
> possible. So, if you can, you need to get to Pittsburgh NOW NOW NOW and get
> your pictures of the PCCs since this may finally be the last time they run
> in revenue service in the city. I'll try to get some pictures and share
> them for those of you who can't get here in time. I guess I should get to
> sleep now, since it's like 4am, and I was hoping to be up and taking
> pictures for the first run of the morning, whenever that is.

> -D

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James B. Holland

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