[PRCo] Re: TTC PCCs

[Fred Schneider]

I used to agree with you, Ken.  I would have done anything to get SEPTA to keep
a Bullet car and maybe an 80 car for fantrips.  I've gotten beyond that once I
realized just how bad 40 and 50-year old equipment was structurally.   Regarding
2054 at Elmwood Depot ... I saw it sitting in the back of the yard about three
years ago ... fading paint ... I would suspect that the roof canvas was probably
shot.  And now I wonder if there is anyone still on the payroll who could fix
one.  Remember most people don't work more than 35 years and many don't exceed
10 years in a single job.  The PCCs have not been running in Philly for more
than 20 years ... makes a good case that they might not even have someone who
would know how to fix it.  I rode the 8000 Peter Witt some years ago and
realized that they didn't have any instructors who could teach an operator how
to run it.

ktjosephson at earthlink.net wrote:

> John Bromley wrote:
>
> > We have two held for charters - TTC doesn't want them but the politicos
> > won't let them sell them off.  There was supposed to be a "shed" built for
> > them at Russell CH to keep them away from the weather and idiots - that
> was
> > 4 years ago and guess what hasn't been built yet?  They live on Track 22
> at
> > Russell Carhouse, the furthest from any employees working there.
>
> I received word from Fred Pohl that SEPTA PCC #2054 is behind Midvale Depot
> and it has been trashed. I hope this doesn't become the fate of TTC's two
> PCCs.
>
> Some years back, when I inquired as to whether or not PAT would retain any
> PCCs for fantrips, Dave Hamley told me that if I wanted to ride a Pittsburgh
> PCC, come to PTM! So I did. And they put me to work. :-)
>
> K.