[PRCo] Re: Wheels__&__Shoes

[John Swindler]

>Fred Schneider mentioned:
>
>One of the first things that PAT did was to dismantle all the engineering 
>staff.
>Bus operators don't need engineers ... they buy parts from the 
>manufacturer.
>Trolley companies used them to design changes in equipment, track, 
>inclines,
>buildings, overhead.   Oh yes, I did say buildings.  Transit companies can
>support the local politicians by farming out building changes to local 
>architects
>who will contribute to someone's reelection campaign.  Cynical?  Yes.
>



For those who understand, no explanation is needed

For those who don't understand, no explanation is possible



>I had a boss who retired in 1974 and died about 2000.  When he left state 
>service
>we said he was going to write a book about his experiences in government.  
>A year
>later he told me he abandoned the project "because no one would believe 
>what he
>wrote."   The truth is, no one would believe how corrupt government can be 
>unless
>you are lecturing to the choir.
>
>"James B. Holland" wrote:
>
> > ktjosephson at earthlink.net wrote:
> >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
> > >
> > >   And with the waning of trolleycars and
> > >
> > >
> > >>({[pats]})  hell-bent attitude to rid the city of trolleycars why 
>would
> > >>they even consider the change and why would they be considered as a
> > >>source of information on such data  --  they didn't care!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >It was during Harold Geissenheimer's regime when the "Traction and 
>Models"
> > >discussion of wheels versus shoes was published. I believe the article 
>noted
> > >that Philadelphia was completing its change-over to shoes and that
> > >Pittsburgh was the only remaining U.S. system to use wheels 
>exclusively.
> > >
> > >K.
> > >
> >              But the preceding decade was dominated by TrolleyCar Haters
> > so any good information passed forward by PRCo was probably buried /
> > lost / burned / destroyed / etc. / etc. / etc....... by  ({[pat]})..
> >
> > Jim Holland
>
>
>

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