[PRCo] Re: [Fwd: Pittsburgh Rwy Cars]
Kenneth Josephson
kjosephson at sprintmail.com
Sun Apr 15 18:30:25 EDT 2001
"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:
> Ken,
>
> there are so many other fascinating things ... a lot more than just
> pictures of cars in my neighborhood. Amusement Parks. What portion of
> the business happened in the two peak morning and evening hours? What
> were the largest industrial passenger traffic generators? What was
> going through P N Jones's mind when he created that bass-ackwards
> control scheme? What were the politics between the City of Pittsburgh
> and the Railways Company? Did the city stir up the unions? This could
> go on forever.
Preach on, Brother Fred! :-) This is the stuff I enjoy as much as watching cars thread
their way through a grand union at rush hour!
Ken J.
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