[PRCo] Re: 3800 Series LOST

[Jerry Matt Matsick]

Boris - by your statement are you saying that you have actual 3800 series cars over in the old country?
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>From the River City by the Sea! 
Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
"Jacksonville" 

-------------- Original message from "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>: -------------- 


> No upgrades? We had been upgrading them for more than 40 years since the 
> production in the US ended! 
> 
> Boris 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herb Brannon" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 2:07 AM 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 3800 Series LOST 
> 
> 
> ......... I personally think the only really good streetcar is the PCC. The 
> older cars are slow, clumsy, far too noisy, and hard to operate. The PCC was 
> made for running in mixed traffic and accomplished that task very well. 
> Today the LRV type cars are made for private right of way or segregated 
> street operation and they accomplish that task very well. Even the PCC is 
> becoming "dated" in its appearance. Too bad there were never any further 
> 'upgrades' to them. 
> 
> Herb Brannon 
> 
>