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

[Schneider Fred]

It don't think we ever had anyone playing chicken at the grade  
crossing Ken.   We simply had stupid motorists who don't look or  
can't see large 20 ton objects that will win every time.

The first one was a lady with three kids in the front seat of a pick  
up truck.   The law requires that everyone be buckled in.   She  
violated the seat belt laws.   She wasn't looking where she was  
going ... she was looking at the child the floor.   I think she might  
have speeding.   The flashers at the crossing were working.

I think the most recent accident to the same NOPSI 832 involved a guy  
out with his girl friend.   She was probably nicer to look at than  
the road ahead of him.

But ask any railfan, he would like to extend his trolley museum  
tracks down the middle of the street because it's prototypical.    
Then ask any sensible museum manager and he or she wouldn't want to  
touch that liability with the proverbial ten foot pole.    The only  
group I know the is crazy enough is McKinney Avenue in Dallas.


On Jul 5, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:

> 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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