[PRCo] Re: Fw: Streetcars in D.C.

[John Swindler]

All politics are local, and that can be paraphased to include the transit industry.  Generally very knowledgeable about what goes on within their service area, but elsewhere?  It's mixed.  There are not that many Harold Geissenheimer, George Krambles and Ed Tennyson's within the industry.  They are not the norm.  When they leave, more than just institutional knowledge of the local scene goes out the door.  Harold left PAT around 1976.  That applies to this discussion on catenary.  Who was left high up in PAT to counter the consultants recommendations???

 

There are some things that you have to see to appreciate.  Reading a trade journal goes only so far.  Normal people don't spend their vacation time traveling around the world visiting and riding other transit properties.  And the era of cheap airfares to Europe didn't really arrive until the 1980s.  

 

Cheers

John

 


 
> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:20:05 -0400
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Streetcars in D.C.
> From: joshua.dunfield at gmail.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 
> On 17 April 2010 11:39, Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I do not accept that Pat was unaware of other systems both
> > nationally and internationally.  What is more disturbing is the adamant
> > defense of this 'alleged isolation' onlist.  This defense is far more
> > revealing of character while seriously undermining the credibility of
> > posts.
> 
> I thought people were talking about overhead construction and PAT
> management. When did it start being about "character" and
> "credibility"? Did I miss something?
> 
> -j.
> 
> 
 		 	   		  
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