[PRCo] Re: G scale PCC in Pittsburgh Railways colors

[Ken and Tracie]

While many of these kids are street-smart, some who aren't get into serious 
trouble. They see the territorial tagging of hardcore gang members, think 
it's cool and indiscriminately paint, write or scratch it at random. I know 
of cases where children were beaten or killed for doing so in the wrong 
area.

I don't know about Pittsburgh or Cleveland, but here in the Southwest 
developers grease palms, get a zoning variance, build apartment complexes in 
single family, duplex or four-plex neighborhoods and sell the complexes to 
absentee landlords who fill the houses with Section Eight recipients. Most 
of these residents are people who are struggling financially and want a 
better life. But some of them are criminals who victimize their neighbors. 
The neighbors in the apartments can bail. The nearby homeowners are stuck 
with the mess.

Perris allowed this in what was a semi-rural area. It is unfortunate. I hope 
the museum doesn't suffer any serious vandalism during the coming years.

Of course, PTM has to deal with motorists playing "chicken" with trolley 
cars at their grade crossing. Fred the Third shared a couple stories with 
me. Plus I saw the damage to NOPSI 832 when I visited during 1999. I seem to 
recall that some New Orleans RTA people helped with repairing the damage. 
Ed, do I remember correctly?

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:19 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: G scale PCC in Pittsburgh Railways colors


>I lived in Pittsburgh Proper when the IT cars were at Cleveland. Don't know
> what horrors they went through. Hopefully they kept them on the Green Road
> line.
>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Ken and Tracie
> <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This reminds me..........the last time I was at OERM, they were using
>> LARY/LATL PCC 3100 on the demonstration loop.
>>
>> I was totally disgusted to find modern gang "tagging" scratched into the
>> seatbacks. A member told me some of the human garbage which occupied the
>> then recently constructed apartment complex nearby (thanks, greedy, 
>> corrupt
>> Perris officials) sent their kids to the museum to "ride the trains" 
>> rather
>> than actually engage in parenting.
>>
>> As far as these kids were concerned, a transit vehicle was a "rolling
>> canvas", whether it was in active service or at a museum.
>>
>> To get back on topic, I wonder what horror stories the PRM people can 
>> share
>> about returned cars after they were loaned to PAT? Or what sort of
>> "artistic
>> expression" was performed on the former IT PCCs when they were loaned to
>> the
>> SHRT in "West Pittsburgh"?
>>
>> K.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 7:18 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] G scale PCC in Pittsburgh Railways colors
>>
>>
>> > If you like your model streetcars big this is for you. A G scale
>> > air-electric PCC that will be available in Pittsburgh Railway colors 
>> > (and
>> > 8 other choices) I believe the body is based on LARY 3001 which is
>> > preserved at the Orange Empire Museum. More info on page 2 of the 
>> > Aristo
>> > Craft Insider. This car should be out later in the year.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Herb Brannon
> On America's North Coast  <<TM>>
> The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.
> *Huey Long (LA Governor, 1928-1932)*
>
>
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