[PRCo] Re: comparison with Cleveland

[John Swindler]

Wasn't there a reorganization around 1950?  What underliners still existed 
within Pittsburgh Railways (II) corporate structure by late 1950s/early 
1960s???

Just wondering.

John





>From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: comparison with Cleveland
>Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:08:30 -0800
>
>Ken & Tracie wrote:
>
> > To be fair to PRCo., the operating environment placed the cars in what
> > I believe (just my personal opinion) was the absolutely most intense
> > operating environment of any major North American traction system.
>
>
>In addition to PRCo being bled to death from all the Underlies so that
>money was not available for anything outside of maintenance, the filthy
>rotten air of Pgh. which rotted curtains off their rods in homes, the
>ultra-hostile city government, It Is A Wonder That PRCo survived At All.
>
> > Most original PAT management team members didn't think the remaining
> > car lines were going to last beyond 1969-70.
>
>
>Stated more precisely:::       """Most original PAT management team
>members were Hades Bent on getting rid of TrolleyCars  --  they didn't
>want Pgh. to have the largest operating antique trolleycar museum Right
>On City Streets!"""       The deplorable conditions of the PCCs under
>({[pat]})  is a direct effect of this policy  --  they were Purposely
>allowed to disintegrate.
>
> > Mark shared an absolutely heart breaking view of interurban car 1619
> > (attached link.)
>
>
>THAT    IS   A   ({[pat]})   CAR    ----    *NOT*    PRCo.       Yes,
>PRCo had its dings, dents, faded paint, fresh paint  *spots*  but I
>never saw a  PRCo  PCC  look like the  ({[pat]})  1619!
>
>This is not the first time we have had this  *discussion*  And from the
>same source.       I provided an email with Multiples of URLs showing
>*PRCo*  PCCs in decent condition  --  that email  IS  in the archives at
>dementia, but if I can find my copy I shall forward it.
>
>Cleveland PCCs should have been in decent shape  --  they only operated
>6-years max and then  ALL  trolleycars disappeared from Cleveland and
>the people were left with  Gutterliners!
>
>
>http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/mark1619.jpg
>
>
>
>Jim__Holland
>
>
>I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
>
>down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!
>
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