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

[Greg King]

I know this might be heresy, but I wonder why Philly never approached
Brussels to purchase some of there excess PCC's, whilst they are standard
equipment (in fact many ride on ex Kansas and ex Johnstown trucks), they
have very modern bodies and, with airconditioning, would have made a great
impact on the three surface lines for a very reasonable cost, akin to Muni
buying the Peter Witts from Milan.

Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: Kenneth Josephson <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:51 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Patronage of the Rail Lines (Was: Pittsburgh 7-Charles
Street abandonment)


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> Derrick J Brashear wrote:
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> > 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 .
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> Good point, Derrick. I'd like to know what it's costing the MBTA to
rebuild the
> Mattapan-Ashmont cars versus the 4000s. Or how good the proposed
rebuilding (and air
> conditioning) of the SEPTA PCCs goes.... Ken J.
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