[PRCo] Re: Routes that Could Have Been Retained

[James B. Holland]

mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:
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> When PRCo/ PAT decided to wipe out trolley lines, was there any 
> opposition by the general public? I was living here in Florida and I 
> know I would have stated what i felt needed to be done. Cost for cost, 
> is it not true it costs much more to operate a Bus than a street car?
> Philly has a new type of trolley, (single unit) what is the cost 
> comparison of one of those units verses a new gas gussiling bus?
>
> Jerry Matsick


THE    CITY    had been trying to do in PRCo for many years, maybe even 
decades.       Difficult to gauge public reaction except that I Do 
Remember many people saying that trolleycars on streets slow traffic - 
buses could pull to the curb.

PRCo seemed quite content to keep the trolleycars  --  ({[pat]})  was 
Hades-Bent on getting rid of same.       The only thing that went under 
PRCo was the West End - virtually everything else remained intact!

Facts and Figgers can be used to tell any story one wants to tell, even 
opposing stories.       TrolleyCars themselves last longer than buses 
but cost more.       Then there is the infrastructure for 
TrolleyCars.       TrolleyCars and Electric Vehicles Used To Be More 
Efficient at moving large volumes of people - how that will change with 
current Energy Crisis is yet to be seen!!

Philly now has what they call the PCC2  --  totally remanufactured PCCs 
from their old fleet.       They also have the Kawasaki streetcars  
(K-Cars.)       ALL  indications are that septic doesn't want such rail 
cars  --  being forced upon them by SIGs and others.       Not unlike  
({[pat]})  Not Wanting to rebuild Overbrook.




Jim__Holland


I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!

down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!