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

[Herb Brannon]

Hmmm, having "crossing trouble" are we? The light rail here has had
'mishaps' in the past. Nothing lately, however. When a modern LRV hits a
car, it makes a "true believer" out of the auto driver. No more will they
stray in front of an LRV.
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:

> 832n is in the shop at the moment for repairs necessitated by a
> less-than-vigilant motorist.  They get stupider every year, it seems.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Ken
> and
> Tracie
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 1:50 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>  Subject: [PRCo] Re: G scale PCC in Pittsburgh Railways colors
>
> 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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-- 
Herb Brannon
On America's North Coast