[PRCo] Re: Heat at PRCo 1700 Series Cars

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

Boris, you have such an outlook.  If they didn't run them down they
would have had to scrap hundreds of perfectly fine cars.  As it was the
decision was much easier.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
Boris Cefer
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:29 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Heat at PRCo 1700 Series Cars

Yes, down!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:13 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Heat at PRCo 1700 Series Cars


> 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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