[PRCo] Re: Route 40 1700's

[Derrick Brashear]

> Pat is a whole other organization.  Lower level employees would proceed
> as they had under Prc but upper management was drastically different
> wasn't it.  Their policies were not at all favorable to rail; they balk at rail
> to this day don't they.

Rail is more expensive (but more efficient for more people)... but
they're having trouble rounding
up enough more people to move.

> I spent the better part of the last couple days searching the archives for this
> information.  What I found is a retelling of the story; I can't seem to find the
> original document.  This document was quite plain:  engineering and the
> shop banned the 12s and 17s from the 40-line (most likely the 21-line as
> well.)

what are you looking for? I have 2 tools you probably don't.
1 is a complete copy of the list in gmail, which can be searched easily.
2 is a complete copy on local disk of a machine where i can run
"grep", which is a powerful
unix search tool.

> The RR convention of 1958 apparently changed that; a car of each series
> was used for a charter onto Grandview Avenue.  Whether or not this was
> considered 'successful' in testing these two series is unknown but it is
> possible the ban was relaxed.  This archive post only mentions the 12s;
> I found the one mentioning the 17s but can't find the Url:
> http://lists.dementix.org/mlist/pittsburgh-railways/1999-10/msg00009.html

Jim Holland might have more info, from reading that. Sadly he asked me
some time ago to unsubscribe him.



-- 
Derrick