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

[Jim Holland]

>>> Fred W. Schneider III wrote:

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

The  Subject--Line--Policia  has written!!<GGGGGG>

Well, let's see  --
	everything spoken about is trolleycars  AND
		Trolleycars operated:::::::
			on the 7-Charles
				on the 9-Charles Transfer
					in Philly
						In Brussel Sprout!
							GGGGGG(:->)

> 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

>> 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 .

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