[PRCo] Re: Trolleyville

[Fred Schneider]

I once observed that PATCO cars were not graffitted or slashed like SEPTA cars.
Bob Korach, then the general manager of PATCO, remarked that he just didn't
"advertise" the problem by running them around.  His policy was to take the car
out of service as soon as the vandalism was discovered, unless, of course, it
happened in the rush hour.  Then a slashed seat would be temporarily fixed with a
piece of tape, and a new cushion would be installed later in the day.

It worked, so "a clean car" must be "the best defense."



Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> Greetings
> The real answer is clean, clean, clean some more
>
> Does Market St Ry still have volunteers who clean the cars
> out at Castro?  Also the motormen working these cars
> pretty much believe in what they are doing.
>
> The mod cars in Pgh were mostly graffiti free.
>
> Dave Gunn got rid of New York's graffiti by having
> crews clean at terminal layovers.
>
> A clean car is the best defense.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
>
> James B. Holland wrote:
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> >ktjosephson at earthlink.net wrote:
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> >>Seriously, my concern is that a number of young people are so deeply
> >>entrenched in the "graffiti culture" that they will carve, paint and mark up
> >>the cars' interiors beyond recognition.
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> >
> >No such problem in SF with vintage cars  --  we had many trolley
> >festivals that were nothing but vintage equipment  --  70--90--Years Young!!
> >
> >
> >Jim
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