[PRCo] Re: Cleaning

[Boris Cefer]

Yes, thanks, you did. But the original location of the washer at Tunnel is 
still a mystery.

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:44 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Cleaning


> Which year?   During the PCC era they used revolving brushes at each
> carbarn.    Hand labor has used for the ends.   Roofs were seldom if
> ever done.   After 1950 the washings became far less often because
> they didn't have the money.
>
> I remember I comment in a personal letter from Norman Vutz to me in
> April 1964.   Norm had been talking to one of the motorman and he
> asked how the man liked working for the new Port Authority.   The
> operator said it was great.   He didn't have to come to work with his
> own Windex and paper towels any longer to clean the windshields.
> Someone in Craft Avenue Car House was doing that for him now.
>
> Did I answer your question?