[PRCo] Re: A Question from Toronto (was PRCo Buses)

[John Swindler]

To phrase the question differently:  were the buses painted PRC orange, and 
was it the PCC cars that got the different livery???

John


>From: Kenneth Josephson <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] A Question from Toronto (was PRCo Buses)
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:09:31 -0700
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>Jim Holland wrote:
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> > > Kenneth Josephson wrote:
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> > > To get back on topic, was there ever an official reason
> > > for Pittsburgh Railways painting their
> > > buses orange?
> >
> >         So they would stand out in a CornField, like West Penn?!?!<GG>
> >
> >         So they wouldn't be confused with trolleycars??<GGG>
> >
> >         So people would not call trolleycars.......  buses??<GGG>
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> >         Do you know the answer, or are you just leading us on??
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>No, I don't. I would have assumed the buses would be painted the same as
>the PCCs. It seems PRCo always had a reason for everything they did.
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>Incidently, another late nighter who doesn't belong to this list wants to
>know why PRCo never equipped some of their PCCs for M.U. operation. (Yes,
>he's a TTC fan.) Was multiple unit operation with PCCs ever considered
>other than Mr. Swift's back to back plan of the 1960s?  Ken J.
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