[PRCo] Re: Pgh.___1985

[Harold G.]

reply to all     Our hobby owes a vote of thanks to
Charles Dengler, a post man, who photograped
the PRC advt cars on #22 Crosstown in PRC days.
Harold Geissenheimer

-----Original Message-----
From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pgh.___1985


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>There were two I liked.  Yes, the Mohawk Airlines car.  But also the
>'Pittsburgh someplace special" with rainbow car in yellow from 1970s.
Also,
>PTM has come up with some interesting ad paint jobs that 1467 carried in
>years past.
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>Just one opinion.
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>John
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>>From: "Harold G." <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pgh.___1985
>>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:03:03 -0500
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>>greetings     mohawk died when it became part
>>of US air.   it was the best advt paint job.  harold
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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>From: AProchek at aol.com <AProchek at aol.com>
>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>Date: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:36 PM
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pgh.___1985
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>> >Man this is killing me.... since every PCC car was a custom paint job
>>trolley watching was a real sport then.  Now, you've seen one you've seen
>>them all.  I mean, sheesh, with stick on graphics the way they are now
>>there
>>is no excuse for every car to be the same.  I am not a big advertising fan
>>but I think I'd rather see the current crop of Pittsburgh light rail cars
>>in
>>some good billboard graphics instead of all the same dove bar white. I
said
>>it once I'll say it again, bring back the Mohawk Airlines car! Might help
>>the city out with a few bucks too.
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