[PRCo] Re: PCC__Seats

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

Understand And Agree  --  Thank You, Fred!

The PCCs were assigned to lines with high figgers in Discretionary 
Riders  --  wonder if the fabric pattern fits that thinking  --  a 
little Luxury in Design to attract said riders!

Of course, Leather is also considered Luxurious  --  even today!



Fred Schneider wrote:
.

> Jim:
>
> Mohair would be bad for the same reason as carpet in subway cars.   
> That is it requires excessive expense to keep it clean, and companies 
> neither have the time nor the money. The result is it isn't kept  
> clean and it puts off passengers.
>
> I had remember when BART cars were first carpeted and a Rohr 
> representative at Transpo in Washington in 1975 told me that it would 
> never be a problem in that environment. Well, after I saw the cars in 
> service I disagreed. I also remembered a cartoon in Floor Covering 
> Weekly when NYCTA experimentally carpeted several subway cars. Their 
> editor told me of getting on a car with carpet in New York and telling 
> me it had been used as a urinal. If you ever had a dog use your living 
> room carpet, you understand the problem.
>
> There are some things that simply don't work. Carpet it subway cars is 
> one of them. Fabric seat cushions on streetcars serving coal mines and 
> steel mills is something else that makes limited sense.    If it had 
> worked, PRC would not have replaced the mohair with leather.
>
> fws



Jim__Holland


I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!

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