[PRCo] Re: Patronage of the Rail Lines (Was: Pittsburgh 7-Charles Street abandonment)

[Greg King]

Hey Derrick,

What happened to the Air conditioned car (4006?) ????
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 12:35 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Patronage of the Rail Lines (Was: Pittsburgh 7-Charles
Street abandonment)


>
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Kenneth Josephson wrote:
>
> > ...and Milwaukee is just getting ready to retire some Fishbowls
purchased new in
> > 1966 and '67 and rebuilt during the '80's. And look at Boston's
PCCs....(back on
> > topic) the aborted 4000 program of PAT....
>
> If the truth of the death of the 4000 program was the price, though, what
> does that tell us? Much as I like PCCs, the result was still a vehicle
> which was a bit longer than and a bit narrower than a bus, still
> single-ended, still not quite new despite all the new components, and in
> the case of all but one, still not air-conditioned. I'll have to dig
> through my reference materials to see what if any numbers I have
> about the vehicle .
>
> -D
>
>
>