[PRCo] Re: PCC Question

[Fred Schneider]

My answer was no one wants single units.   


On Oct 20, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:

> 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?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Herb Brannon
>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
>> 
>> 
>> 
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