[PRCo] Re: PCC Rehabilitation

Derrick J Brashear shadow at dementia.org
Wed May 26 02:35:42 EDT 2004


On Tue, 25 May 2004, James B. Holland wrote:

>              But even as of 1960, equipment was still in decent looking
> condition, overhead was good, track on prw was rough but even some
> street trackage was replaced in the very early 1960s by PRCo.     It was
> still possible to open the cars up on prw and let them roll!

I'm sure I mentioned it before, but my father went to Central Catholic
High School on 5th Avenue in Oakland from 1961 til 1965, and remembers
track renewal on 5th Avenue. This for track which saw no revenue service
after 1967!




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