[PRCo] Re: FINEVIEW
Harold Geissenheimer
transitmgr at worldnet.att.net
Wed Apr 3 15:19:59 EST 2002
Greetings
There was a Fineview replacement bus, also in the shapr of the
big oneway loop. The route was close except near the Channel
11 tower.
Harold Geissenheime
ROGER Jenkins wrote:
> I was not aware that the Fineview line had no re=placement bus service
> after the cars came off , due to too-steep grades for buses. That was
> also stated in the PRCo video. The same situation existed in Oakland
> Ca. where the company reconstructed some Flexible buses into 25 ft units
> with low gearing and kept their 8 cylinder engines . They were dubbed
> 'BULDOGS " by the public. Maybe PAT really wasn't interested in the
> service to do that but seems strange to leave an entire area witout
> service .
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