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

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings

The 1600's had windows that opened!   That was my reason.

The blowers on 1700's were not passenger friendly.

Harold Geissenheimer

Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> 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.