[PRCo] Re: Winter

[Boris Cefer]

Correction! All taken during January 1964, except the 1763 - January 28 1967
and 1664 - January 15 1968. The color Library signed 1653 did not have any
date.

80 F here! (and 86 F in the repair shop)

Boris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:59 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Winter


> Refreshing?  We have green lawns and trees but nothing is growing fast
> because chemical reactions proceed only in warmth.  The thermometer has
> dropped to between 50 (10ºC  ) to 55 (12ºC) every night this week and some
> afternoons did not even exceed 68 (20ºC).   And workers in public and
> private parks all over the area are rushing to get the swimming pools
> filled for the Monday opening.  It will be a good weekend for the Polar
> Bear Club.
>
> Dates would be particularly nice for those pictures ... some are clearly
> PRC (M-1276 probably didn't run after the early 1960s) and some are
> obviously PAT (the color picture numbered 29 showing a 1700 with a PAT
> decal and a late 1960s Ford at the curb).   I think the sweepers were the
> first thing that PAT retired, probably suggesting that old franchise
> requirements (for snow removal)  did not apply to them.  Therefore I
> imagine that those views of swept streets on Mount Washington were
probably
> in the PRC era.
>
> Raises another point ... up to 1950 the street railways in Pennsylvania
> paid about 10 percent of gross income in taxes.  I'm wondering if their
> accountants converted services in kind to taxes, i.e. franchise
> requirements to plow snow or sprinkle streets.
>
> Now that would be the ultimate working model for an East Penn meet ...
> missing the point?  Reread previous sentence.
>