[PRCo] Re: Transit Ad.

[Bob Rathke]

I have a small collection of ads and literature featuring Pittsburgh PCCs 
from 1937-49.  They were produced by suppliers to the PCCs such as 
Westinghouse, PPG and SLC.

I'm sure that PTM has even more of these ads and sales pieces.

Bob 8/21/07

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From: "ROBERT R ROCKWELL" <w3syt1 at msn.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:51 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Transit Ad.


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> Here is a St Louis ad using Pgh. I don't know the origin , but, I have =
> it in Alan Lind's book.
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>  Unfortunately our copies of Transit Journal had the ads stripped =
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>  binding.  But I've seen PRCo cars used by both Westinghouse and GE in =
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>  This brings me to the question whether the introduction of PCCs in Pgh =
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