[PRCo] Re: 84 Larimer/96 East Liberty

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings
When Col Swift came to PAT, he wanted PAT to adopt
the Harrisburg Rys (ATE) paint style of sliver with a green
stripe.   Several buses were so painted (old look GMC)

I always favored traction orange.  Community started with
ex West Penn buses in l950.

Harold Geissenheimer


Derrick J Brashear wrote:

>On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
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>>Greetings
>>YES  some of  the street car route numbers continued for
>>awhile becaue John Buzzard, ex PRC/PAT Supt of Transp
>>wanted to continue the PRC numbers.  When he left, the
>>numbers were changed to the new system.  He wanted ti
>>preserve the PRC identity
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>In San Francisco they have a fleet of PCCs painted in other schemes. 
>I suppose the likelihood of Port Authority painting the LRVs in a 
>PRC-derived scheme, and buses in schemes from the various companies which 
>ran buses before. Sure, you might end up with a Brentwood coach on a 
>Lincoln route, but it'd be amusing nonetheless.
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>For a city whose route system is a nod to history, why would having buses 
>painted similarly be a problem?
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