[PRCo] Re: Sideways.......

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!



> Fred Schneider wrote:

> Pittsburgh apparently believed in capacity over comfort.
> The seating capacity was not significantly altered
> with longitudinal seats in front of the center door,
> but in vastly added to the number of standees you
> could pack in during the rush hours.    Baltimore cars
> sat 56 in all cross seats while a Pittsburgh car sat 54


	Something else that seems to be lost on many is that the added
aisle space eased movement on the car between the doors.
	SF-Muni, for example, had double seats throughout the car on its
original PCC cars which really hampered the movement of crowds.



> But you have forgotten that not all Pittsburgh PCBs
> had longitudinal seats in front of the center doors.. 
> Car 1600, and the entire 1700 series had only cross
> seats, which reduced the capacity to 50 (49 on the
> interurban cars because of the luggage racks).


	Ain't forgotten nuttin!:)    We had discussed seating on PCC
Air-Cars quite some time back and I was only referencing PRCo
PCC__Air--Cars!!



>> Jim Holland wrote:

>> Good Morning!

 http://206.103.49.193/pitts/htm/pitt227.htm
>> shows sidways seating on both sides of car common to 
>> ALL  PRCo  PCC__Air--Cars as delivered from
>> St.Louis Car Company.    First cross seats for
>> both sides is just behind the center doors.



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Jim

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