[PRCo] Re: PCC Question

[Ken and Tracie]

I was referring to why no more Kawasakis were being ordered by U.S. transit 
systems.

K.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:53 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC Question


>I don't think politics played into the transit business in that era except
> in taxing the private transit company and making them pave and clean
> streets.
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:25, Ken and Tracie 
> <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>wrote:
>
>> My guess (and it is only a guess) is politics.
>>
>> K.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Derrick Brashear" <shadow at gmail.com>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>  Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:45 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC Question
>>
>>
>>  >> The PCC was, in general, a pretty good car. Compared to the Philly
>> >> Kawasaki car, not nearly as good. The Kawasakis have run 30 years with
>> >> virtually no maintenance. No PCC ever did that but we did not build 
>> >> for
>> >> no maintenance in 1935 or 1945; we need to do that today because we
>> can't
>> >> find mechanics in our cities.
>> >
>> > So why are more Kawasakis not being built?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Herb Brannon
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