[PRCo] Re: PCC 1720 derailment

[Fred W. Schneider III]

There might have been a potential for Drake, considering over crowding
in the parking lots at South Hills Village and the animosity of the mall
management to PAT riders, had PAT cared to maintain the PCCs so that
they could dependably muster a car or two to run on the line each day. 
But when you don't know if it will be a bus or a car that picks you up,
your own rubber tired car works just fine.  

Macmarka at cs.com wrote:
> 
> Hello Ken! Happy New Year to you too!  I heard that tha Drake line was going
> to be used as a training and/or maintanance line. It makes me wonder though
> if double tracking a 1.2 mile line would be feasible. How many people were
> using the line before it was "temporarily" abandoned? Don't get me wrong!  I
> am a Drake fan through and through as you know Ken. I'm just wondering if it
> would be worth the millions of dollars to rebuild it to lightrail standards.
> I'm sure in the backs of their minds', PAT is thinking the same thing. I hope
> it happens as I am also fantisizing that someone designs a new lightrail car
> that looks like our old friend the PCC. As I would love to take a ride on the
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