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

[Fred W. Schneider III]

What has this got to do with the Charles Street car line?

Greg King wrote:
> 
> 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)
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> >
> > > 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 .
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >