[PRCo] Re: Vehicle assignment

[Herb Brannon]

Someday soon I will.............................trying to dig out from 21 inches (53cm) of snow/ice right now. Have not been out of my apartment building since I got home from work Friday. The snowdrift at the end of the driveway from our parking lot is up to my chest and I am 6'1" tall. 
Boris Cefer <westinghouse at iol.cz> wrote:   Herb,

Now you have to tell us everything you remember!

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" 
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Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:37 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Vehicle assignment


Who can tell you all or some of that?? Someone who worked there. 
Unfortunately, as far as the Pittsburgh Railways Company is concerned, most 
of those individuals are certainly not working at PATransit any longer and 
the majority of them have gone to the "Carbarn In The Sky." As far as 
PATransit is concerned there are many remaining, myself included. From the 
takeover of PRCo by PAT up until the mid or late 1980s the day to day 
operations were just a reflection of the Pittsburgh Railways Company. Many 
of the supervisors, training instructors, dispatchers, station 
superintendents, office personnel, operators and mechanics had worked for 
PRCo. Even printed material, instruction manuals, etc were the same as the 
PRCo documents, only the official document names were changed to indicate 
PAT as the managing authority. By 1990 it was pretty much a PAT-only 
operation.

Boris Cefer wrote:
It would be very interesting to observe all routine processes that were
associated with everyday operation. Motormen, supervisors, car light and
heavy maintenance workers, track and overhead maintenance crews etc.
Who can tell us how all this worked 50 years back in time???



Herb Brannon 





Herb Brannon
   
  Greetings From America's North Coast
   
  Where the entire Cleveland metro area is covered in 21+ inches of snow.