[PRCo] Re: PAT buses

[Harold G.]

Mark     You are forgiven my son.   Bus fans are often
railfans.

Check your Motor Coach age issue....Community transit
had two old look GMC suburbans..ex Greyhound.

They were 45 passenger no center door.  Both originally
in Bridgeville and then in Tarentum.

They went to PAT but I dont know if they were
ever repainted 

But they could have been.

These buses would never have been on 44 D.  That line used
small buses  usually old PRC ACF buses.

They might also have never received a PAT destination sign.
Could have used New Kensington-Pittsburgh which became
1A

Let me know if you find them listed in Motor Coach Age.
Culmerville might also have had 1

Culmerville did have two real odd buses...40' old look
I think they became 1900's

Deere brothers had one big suburban and also one new look
suburban.  This I know went to PAT and ran for years.  It
was special because it had a gear shirt.  Numvber was #580???

Harold Geissenheimer
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McGuire <macmarka at netzero.net>
To: Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:18 PM
Subject: [PRCo] PAT buses


>
>  Forgive me for the off-topic bus question. A friend who has custom-
>ized a number of Corgi PCC cars for me is going to do a couple PAT
>buses for me. I'm going to have them done in the original boring
>gray(silver?)/white/red belt rail scheme.
>  The TDH 5303 is no problem. I'm going to have it done with a fleet
>number of 2264 and a dest. sign of 41B Bower Hill Rd.
>  The old style GM, however, is a problem. Corgi only made the
>TDH 4509's and 4512's in the suburban form with no center doors.
>I looked through an old Motor Coach Age magazine and found a roster
>of old GMs that PAT purchased from other companies. PAT had
>6 or 7 GM TDH 4507's numbered 120-125 and 475(suburban model).
>I do have an old Corgi 4507 that I found with center door. I was
>hoping to number it in the 120-125 range but really wanted a dest. sign
>of 44D JEFFERSON as I remember seeing these parked in Castle Shannon
>near the Municiple Building and trolley stop. Could I get away with
>the fleet number and dest. sign? Any bus experts out there?
>Thanks!
>
>                           Mark
>
>PS- No, I'm not becoming a bus fan. I'll always be a railfan. Just
>    wanted a couple PAT buses for future use.
>