[PRCo] And Speaking of Rejected Cars.....

[Kenneth Josephson]

Those of you who seem to want to believe the 1700s were the only PCC cars Pittsburgh
ever had (just kiddin') may be surprised to see the following from an avowed 1600
fan:

I've read and heard the explanations for why 1775-1799 were scrapped during the late
sixties and some 1600s were retained. Since the twenty or so surviving 1600s were
"oddballs" by being in the minority during the 1972 -1987 (or so) period , was it
really a case of "six of one, a half dozen of the other" if the GE 17s were retained
instead? Would maintaining twenty five GE equipped all electric cars that otherwise
matched the other seventy or so Westinghouse equipped 17s been that much more of a
headache than maintaining twenty or twenty five cars with air brakes, air doors,
different interior and body fittings?   Ken J.