[PRCo] Re: Speaking of Philadelphia

[Schneider Fred]

My answer, Ken, would be to wait and see how it plays out.   I have  
trouble believing any news from SEPTA until after it becomes history.

On Dec 27, 2008, at 10:28 AM, Ken and Tracie wrote:

> I received the following from a fellow member of my car club (1955-'61
> Chrysler Corporation car owners.)
>
> Please verify or explain this. Thanks in advance:
>
> "Hi Kenny,
>
> Did you see the report on Fox News Channel this weekend on  
> PennDot's plan to
> replace the unused trolley tracks on Philadelphia's Germantown Ave?  
> For 23
> years I lived 3 blocks north of the trolley tracks where SEPTA  
> discontinued
> service in 1992. PennDot want's to spend $3,000,000 replacing the  
> tracks,
> but SEPTA doesn't want to restart the trolley service when buses  
> are more
> efficient along that route. Germantown Ave. goes back to the  
> Revolution,
> with several old houses displaying plaques stating that George  
> Washington
> slept there during the War. Some sections still have cobblestones for
> pavement and the road bed is about 30' wide.
>
> Take care,
>
> Tony"
>
>