[PRCo] Re: A Change in Scenery, MBTA PCCs, etc.

[John Swindler]

Two questions concerning MBTA:

Did it have a left hand door??

Where were the Pullman cars built??

Allegations of electrical problems is really a confession of a lack of 
interest in maintaining the piece of equipment.  Similarly, allegations of 
truck problems several years ago is a confession of a lack of interest on 
part of PAT to maintain their LRV fleet (how's that for trying to bring it 
back on topic??)

Also, don't ignore politics as to subsequent MBTA car orders.

John



>From: "John F Bromley" <johnfbromley at home.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: A Change in Scenery, MBTA PCCs, etc.
>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:41:19 -0400
>
>
>This isn't correct re 3001 (my source: PCC Cars of Boston by Ed Anderson).
>3001 operated lastly on the Arsenal St-Western Av line between Watertown 
>and
>Central Square, Cambridge until that line was abandoned on 6-17-50, then
>went into inactive storage and was finally scrapped at Everett on 2-18-53.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ROGER Jenkins" <ROGERTROLLY at webtv.net>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 12:40 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: A Change in Scenery, MBTA PCCs, etc.
>
>
> >
> > These cars were completly re-built approx ten years ago and came to the
> > Mattapan-Ashmont line in a like-brand-new condition so as I said before
> > there is minimal rust damage . A similar   condition prevailed on the
> > Newark City Subway line ala P-R-W and one street crossing. So the
> > condition of these cars is identical. Besides the Boston cars are
> > PULLMAN cars and Newark  cars are ST. LOUIS built so Boston would have
> > nothing to do with any of those cars !!!  Burnt once , twice shy dating
> > back to their experience with the one and only St. Louis PCC , #3001 ,
> > THE QUEEN MARY, diverted from the Brooklyn order and an oddball with no
> > left hand door like every other car in Boston. Sidelined due to
> > electrical problems in 1947 and never run again ! Scrapped circa late
> > 1950s .
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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