[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh, Four Hours Ago

[Schneider Fred]

Look at page 89 of the book PCC from Coast to Coast ... I'm not sure  
who wrote that crazy book ... but on that page is a picture taken at  
the Ford Rouge Plant which shows a PCC in front of the employee  
parking lot ... there are eight different manufacturer's cars in the  
front row.


On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> ----- 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!
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