[PRCo] Re: [Fwd: Pittsburgh Rwy Cars]

[Fred W. Schneider III]

1.  There was tv in Westmoreland County before West Penn quit ... but
not before the application was filed.

2.  Fayette was still dark.  

Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
> 
> Greetings to all:
> 
> Yes.  Even in western Pennsylvania.  Two brothers in my National Guard
> unit lived in Manor, Pa.  The trolley r/w was side of road in frontof their
> house.  They, and their neighbors, had TV.  It did affect their life style.
> 
> Harold Geissenheimer
> 
> Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, ROGER Jenkins wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Well Fred if two publications said it was TV that reduced the riding on
> > > West Penn and you did not believe it, what do you think the real reason
> > > was? To me it sounded plausible that the draw of watching Ed Sullivan
> > > and a whole lot of other things on the 12 inch sets like my neihbor had
> > > where us kids went to watch  it, made perfect sense. Instead of riding
> > > the trolley to the local bijou , people stayed home glued to that new
> > > fangled picture box !
> >
> > TV: not in 1952 in little coal patch and beehive coke oven towns.
> >
> > -D