[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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