[PRCo] Re: Winter

[Fred Schneider]

I don't see anything to correct.  PAT took over from Pittsburgh Railways on Feb.
28, 1964.  That's early 1960s.  The 1967 one fits in the late 1960s with the
Ford at the curb.  By the way, I saw a  Ford Galaxy convertible on the highway
today ... my impression was about 1968 but I'm not good at model years.   But
very similar to the one in the picture.
m
Boris Cefer wrote:

> 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.
> >