[PRCo] Re: Heat at PRCo 1700 Series Cars

[Edward H. Lybarger]

They ran 'em all!

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Bill
Robb
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:43 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Heat at PRCo 1700 Series Cars


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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