[PRCo] Re: MUNI PAINT JOBS

Fred W. Schneider III fschnei at supernet.com
Mon Sep 24 09:21:11 EDT 2001


Why would anyone want to buy a single car with an obsolete air system? 
A San Diego car would spend most of its life awaiting the manufacture of
parts.  OK, I forgot.  Its government, not private sector.  Doesn't
matter.  

Greg King wrote:
> 
> Hey Jim,
> 
> I know you have a different view but even though the two Pgh cars are
> heavily rebuilt, they still have all those characteristics that are so much
> Pittsburgh, at least one of those cars should be in PRCo interurban colours
> (lets live with the rivets) and the other in PAT colours, either the grey or
> final colours, I know PAT was anti trolley but it would be a testiment to
> Pgh's trolleys that they survived (albeit in truncated form) this hostile
> regime!
> 
> To do a SDERy car (I too, would love to see one of those), I believe Karl is
> looking at the genuine article at Tahoe (or was) and there is that complete
> car for sale so, why paint something that never was when you could get the
> real Mc Coy!!!!
> 
> Greg




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