[PRCo] Skybus piece from Post Gazette

[Fred Schneider]

I found one reference that said 1974, reactivated 1991.   Nothing current.   

signed:  Et al  (aka fws)


On Apr 10, 2014, at 1:14 PM, Dwight Long wrote:

> 
> Herb, et al
> 
> A related question:  when did the County Fair end and why?
> 
> Are the fairgrounds still there and if so what use is made of them?
> 
> Dwight
> 
> From: Herb Brannon 
> Sent: Thursday, 10 April, 2014 08:37
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion 
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Skybus piece from Post Gazette
> When I started working for PATransit in 1972 PAT decided not to run
> Skybusat the County Fair any longer. It was becoming an embarrassment
> to the
> transit authority because of constant equipment failure. Never got to ride
> it and I probably didn't miss much.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 6:01 AM, DF Cramer <alto_trombone at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> I rode it. Who else?
>> 
>> Dennis F. Cramer
>> http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/
>> 
>>> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
>>> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:59:35 -0400
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Skybus piece from Post Gazette
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>>> Found by one of Bombardier's (nee Westinghouse) employees and forwarded
>> to me by Dave Hamley.   Thanks Dave.
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