[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

From: Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:51:44 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

Worked his entire life working in the industry and wouldn't use transit, eh? 
Reminds me of the following.

During 1983, while in St. Louis, I couldn't help but notice that an employee 
lot at one of the Chrysler plants was full of Ford, GM, Japanese and German 
automobiles.

K.

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Mr.Josephson;

With your interest in autos you can probably detail the history
of the automakers disallowing 'foreign' autos in the employee
parking lots;  they had to be from the mfgr didn't they.  That has
obviously changed but I don't know when.

I know of transit employees who don't ride transit;  don't know
the specific reasons beyond  'choice.'


Phil
Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:19 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago


> And there is one retired railfan who has been preaching to me for
> months about how he would never consider riding transit.   He was
> explaining how he used to live in Upper Darby and worked at 30th
> Street and simply would not even consider riding the elevated ... he
> gave me every reason in the book why but I think it boiled down to
> the "wrong kind of people" rode the el.   He also has been telling me
> how none of his tax money should ever be spent on mass transit
> because it useless.   Yet the man spent his entire life working in
> that industry!