[PRCo] Re: Off__Topic---BUT__Pertinent PITTSBURGH PCCS ---->

Matt Barry mrb190+ at pitt.edu
Tue Mar 26 16:44:14 EST 2002


Hello all,

Please forgive me in advance if you folks have already discussed this, 
and I missed it, but did any of Pittsburgh's PCCs wind up in Toronto as 
replacements or supplements to their fleet?

Matt

Jim Holland wrote:

>Good Morning!
>
>	Bill Robb of Toronto shares this extremely bleak article from a local
>newspaper.   Please note these 3-paragraphs:::::::
>
>	"Streetcars cost $3 million to $5 million apiece; repairing and
>maintaining the tracks costs $30 million a year."
>
>	"Buses cost $450,000 each, are much less expensive to repair, and run on
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