[PRCo] Re: Scrapped PCCs

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Fred Schneider wrote:

> If the Rankin Bridge collapsed today, I think you are right ... it would
> take years to restore it.  But then too the need has diminished ... no

Well, we have a similar experience, if not the same: the 62nd St bridge
buckled due to fire underneath in the 80s, and was closed for (i think
about 14 months)

> Homestead.  Perhaps 200 to 300 people left at Edgar Thompson in Braddock
> (I'm using Derrick Brashears estimate of the cars in the parking lots).

It might be more than that, but from the looks of it, no more than 500.

> Jim Holland said that some members of this group think I dislike
> trolleys ... I sent him my philosophy.  Let's see if he wants to
> rebroadcast it.

I like to keep my philosophy, it comes in handy occasionally. I figure
other people have or can get their own.