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

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Jim Holland wrote:

> 
> > 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,
> 
> 	Buses are single ended last I checked!!  Wasted space with controls at
> both ends, much extra maintenance.  Double ended PCCs 1006--1015 were
> quickly modified as single enders with just enough control at the 
> *back--end*  to wye and do some back up maneuvers.

But the replacement for the PCCs rail-wise were double-ended LRVs, if only
because they were too long to be looped over the existing loops.

-D