[PRCo] Re: 1600-1700 comparison

[Fred Schneider]

There are always trade offs.  When Pittsburgh Railways was buying PCC
cars, they had tremendous shift change patronage from the J&L, US Steel,
WABCO, Westinghouse, University of Pittsburgh.  A car with longitudinal
seats can accommodate as many people as a car with two-butt cross seats.
But the car with longitudinal or bench seats will haul a lot more standees
... maybe 20 more per car???  When Harold was rebuilding ther 1600s and
1700s the company was in a different market.  The mills were closed.
There were enough cars to handle mostly seated loads with few standees.
Agreed?????

Harold:

Have you ever met anyone who knew why 1700s had sealed windows?  Cheaper
to build?  Cheaper to insure?  Cheaper to maintain? Or just plain dumb?

Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> Greetings
>
> I have enjoyed reading the technical details of
> these two types of cars.
>
> When PAT started the rehab of the 1600's, the GE 1700's were gone.
>
> We needed more cars for rehab and the 1600's were it.
>
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