[PRCo] Re: PCC Maintenance Comparisons

[Matt Barry]

To my young eyes in the early 1960's, the PCC bodies looked pretty 
decent, albeit not very clean, at least on the 88 Frankstown and 77/54 
lines.  And when the grey/white PAT scheme started, we were impressed.   
First time I was able to ride one of those cars was on the 10 West View 
route.

ktjosephson at earthlink.net wrote:

>Harre was a journalist, you were a motorman. I would certainly take your
>word over his, since you lived it and it was just his hobby. I also noticed
>(after looking at over 10,000 photos from just Roberta Hill) that bent poles
>seemed to be very rare on both PRCo and PAT PCCs. Ms. Hill took photos in
>the Steel City between 1962 and 1974, sometimes visiting for a month or two
>at a time.
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>And even if Mr. Demoro was partial to San Francisco, that is no excuse for
>denying anything was wrong. Many hardcore Pittsburgh fans of all  system
>aspects and eras will readily admit, and some even wax nostalgic, over the
>shortcomings.
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>No need for the "Hmmmmmmmmm". I wasn't giving any factual credibility to Mr.
>Demoro's opinion, just noting it was out there and that in-the-know Muni
>employees and riders may be confronted with it. And we all know, if
>something makes it to print, it can become the "gospel truth" to some
>people. Just the usual poor sentence structure on my part.
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>In any event, the troubles that seemed to plague the Boeing-Vertol cars made
>a number of S.F. residents miss those PCCs, regardless of their condition.
>:-)
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>K.
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>P.S.- Maybe a trip up to South Lake Tahoe, that Muni PCC graveyard right
>here in Nevada, would allow us to investigate and you could point out and
>document the various flaws evident. Some of those cars haven't been touched
>since retirement, though I heard somebody attempted to butcher an ex-St.
>Louis 1700 into a double ended car. :-/
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