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

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Patronage?  

Greg King wrote:
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >