[PRCo] Re: Auctioned PCCs

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I remember large numbers on the bus roofs in Minneapolis - St. Paul in the
late '60s & early '70s.

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
Harold Geissenheimer
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:05 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Auctioned PCCs



Greetings

Because I noticed that some systemwere painting bus numbers on the
roof as an anti-hijacking measure and it struck me that people  in  downtown
office buildings could see the word "Parkvale"  It worked.  They liked it.

Like many things we did, my suggestions were implemented thanks to
Ken Hussong  and Kip Buis.  We were a team.   Sold a lot of  advertising
space for PAT.

Harold Geissenheimer



John Swindler wrote:

> Yep, Parkvale sounds better, even after almost 30 years.  But still
haven't
> seen any comment about why ad was also painted on roof of the bus.
>
> John
>
> >From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: Auctioned PCCs
> >Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:00:50 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, John Swindler wrote:
> >
> > > Hope he can refresh my memory about a comment along lines that the mod
> > > "bread loaf" paint scheme allowed PAT to 'sell' exterior car
> >advertising,
> > > and only the white section between front and center doors needed to be
> > > painted - and later repainted.  And how about the Pennvale bank ad on
> >the
> > > roof of a bus.
> >
> >Was there really a Pennvale bank and what did it become? (Closest I've
> >heard of it Parkvale, which as far as I know still exists)
> >
> >-D
> >-good morning from Stockholm
> >
> >
>
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