[PRCo] Re: PITTSBURGH PCC IN LOUISVILLE VIDEO BY HERRON [tan]

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

	Pg.49 of the Harold Cox book purportedly shows 1253  IN 
Louisville - photo 494.

> John F Bromley wrote:

> Harold Cox's PCC book says 12-FIFTY-THREE not 1223.  I've seen 1253
> elsewhere as well but cannot recall where.  Fred???

>> From: "ROGER Jenkins" <ROGERTROLLY at webtv.net>

>> I  again looked at the Louisville video and caught the narrator saying
>> that PRCo. PCC #1223 was the car that ran in the city , borrowed
>> to show the people how nice a car it was . The Louisville Ry Co.
>> management was responsible for bringing it to the city to show the
>> people and the city management that new streetcars could be brought into
>> the city to modernize the rail system instead of replacing it with buses
>> as some city politicians wanted to do.

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