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

[Bob Rathke]

Could this be an April Fools joke?

Bob 4/1/01


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