Great tidbits!

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> mrb190 wrote:
>
> > . . . OR tell me folks, was it a common thing to
> > have a car coming up behind to push a disabled car to a car house?   Maybe that
> > was the most efficient way to correct such a situation?
>
>         Yes - that was / is extremely common.  Rarely anything in front of a
> broken down car to pull so the one coming up behind has to push.  If
> there is ever a possibility of turning another car to come in front of
> the broken down car, that can be done and has been done.  Either way it
> is a strain, esp on hills.
>         And if an old work-car was used for this, it would be arranged so it
> would be in front.

I have the Interurban Press video "Pittsburgh Trolleys-1975." There is a scene of a
1700 towing the Sunburst Car (1730, "Mod Desire") on the Overbrook line. It was a
very brief shot. Ken J.