<div dir="ltr">well, these were hose jumpers for tires. tyres, i guess, since it was actually in europe.<br><br><a href="http://www.statter911.com/2014/05/03/remember-hose-railroad-track-picture-now-rest-story/">http://www.statter911.com/2014/05/03/remember-hose-railroad-track-picture-now-rest-story/</a><br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Bob Rathke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bobrathke@comcast.net" target="_blank">bobrathke@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In the trolley days, those ramps were called hose jumpers. I remember seeing them used during fires in downtown Pittsburgh in the 1950's. They were also used in Chicago....including on the last day for trolleys in 1958.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>--<br></div><div>Daria <br></div></div></div></div>