Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!fortune!burton From: burton@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf) Message-ID: <3559@fortune.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 15:13:22 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.3559 Posted: Fri Jun 8 15:13:22 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jun-84 08:23:47 EDT Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 18 #R:uiucdcs:-2060000800:fortune:8900010:000:627 fortune!burton Jun 8 09:09:00 1984 < ... get poor Charlie off the MTA ... > Boston has never maintained *anything* very well. If you had to deal with their labor situation (27 different crafts unions) and you could get the Feds to kick in up to 80% of cost for new capital items, i.e. rolling stock, you too might tend to slack off on maintenance. The boston PCC's are 30+ years old. Compare that with the average age of the Boston bus fleet: 7 years. Philip Burton 101 Twin Dolphin Drive-MS 133 Fortune Systems Redwood City, CA 94065 (415) 595-8444 x 526 - - - {ihnp4 [ucbvax | decvax!decwrl]!amd70 harpo hpda }!fortune!burton