[PRCo] Re: Question for Harold G. or anyone

[Harold Geissenheimer]

possible 7 best (no order)  These were the leaders
Penn Transit, Community Transit, Deere Brothers, Brentwood, Oriole, Bigi 
and Noble Dick-Mon Valley

When Harmony was running, it was # 2 or 3 (prior to March 1961)

Also add Shafer and Ohio River who were good in their areas.

And DeBolt was good but they had trucks and the Somerset Bus Co.
They still have that charter bus certificate and garage in Hoimestead 

Trafford Motor Coach opted to stay in the school bus business (MARC lines)

Thetre were a lot of lines in the middle that minded their own business
like Culmerville, Horell, McKeesport Transit, McCoy-Wm Penn

Harold Norris of Culmerville went on to be  a top manager for PAT.  He was
low key with high standards.  He replaced me first as Tarentum Manager and
then as Planning Director.  His son is a lawyer with Pat's atty..Eckert, 
etc.
Both good people.

OtherPAT top managers from the independednts  George Nebesnic (Noble 
Dick). Will Barnes from Shafer,
Roy Behling from Shafer, Otto Behling from Oriole. Wilson and Bob Feick 
from Brentwood.
? from Penn Transit. Grant McCoy from McCoy  brothers (he went on to 
Penn DOT.)

The worst...Try Austin, Bamford, Burelli, Rogers (Aspinwall), New 
Kensington. Ferguson

While his company was poor, Ralph Burelli did become a PAT dispatcher and
served for years.

The really worst..Pgh Motor Coach

In a class by itself..Carnegie Coach.  This one man, one bus was 
operated by a
good personal friend, Leonard Bruno, who became a top seniority driver 
at Collier
Leonards wife was a nurse for Dr Hess in Carnegie who did physicals for my
National Guard unit..  Carnegie was a former Montour line..  Leonard 
even delivered
the groceries to the door!

Fred Schneider wrote:

>One of the five best.  The other four?  Brentwood?  Deere Brothers?  Bigi?  Oriole?
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>What were the five at the bottom of the heap?
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>Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
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>>Greetings
>>Its many years later but in 1964, the Walnut Street Penn Garage was
>>modern, clean
>> and functioining.  They ran a good bus system with new buses and clean safe
>>adequte service.  One of the 5 best acquired by PAT.
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>>Harold
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>>Derrick J Brashear wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Fred Schneider wrote:
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>>>>necessarily fact ... Greensburg City Lines acquired Penn Transit Company from the
>>>>West Penn organization.  Penn Transit motorized the West Penn Railways city lines
>>>>in Greensburg, Mt Pleasant to Tarrs, and I think also McKeesport.  The McKeesport
>>>>Division later became McKeesport City Lines.
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>>>At minimum Penn Transit has a garage on Walnut as a structure with decaing
>>>paint identifying it as such stands, or stood within the last 2 years.
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