[PRCo] Re: MUNI PAINT JOBS

[John Swindler]

Yes, but the private sector might actually know what part needs to be 
manufactured/replaced.

John (who should keep quiet about things you really don't want to know about 
government 'service')



>From: "Fred W. Schneider III" <fschnei at supernet.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: MUNI PAINT JOBS
>Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:21:11 -0400
>
>
>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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