[PRCo] Re: eBay item#740628858: 1939 Westinghouse "PCC" STREET CARS Surveys
Derrick J Brashear
shadow at dementia.org
Fri Nov 29 10:48:09 EST 2002
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Jim Holland wrote:
> > This piece is an original publication from
> > WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
> > of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
> > makers of the "PCC" Line of Electric Street
> > Trolleys for Municipal Use throughout the country.
>
> Just learned something --- Westinghouse made the PCCs in
> Pittsburgh --- and I always thought it was St.LouisCarCompany!
If you're going to be snide about other people's errors, it's good to be
thorough yourself. East Pittsburgh is not Pittsburgh, smart guy.
For that matter, nor is East McKeesport isn't really East of McKeesport,
but I can hardly blame you for that. :-)
> """The 23 routes on which P.C.C. cars are now operated include
> practically every type of urban route on the system.
Except the kind with no loop.
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