[PRCo] Re: Heat at PRCo 1700 Series Cars

[Bill Robb]

How could Pittsburgh Railways or PAT not run 100 cars out of 666 cars???  
   
  I've been in Pittsburgh on a very hot August day.  The best seat in a 1700 was near the driver's open window. :)  Catch the breeze.
   
  In those days air conditioning was far less common.  It was just plain hot. GM didn't develop a/c for buses until the late 50s. Even then it took time to catch on.
   
  Bill Robb
mtoytrain at bellsouth.net wrote:
    Mark Mcguire often speaks of the problem with the 1700 series cars and the heat! 
must have been terrible riding in them during Heat spells or did the PRCo not run them 
on HOT days! 

 		
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