Great tidbits!

[John Swindler]

Matt commented:

>I remember being in a local market on Penn Avenue, called Helen & Millie's, 
>and watching two 88 Frankstowns going very slowly by UP Penn Avenue. . . .  
>I couldn't imagine that the helper PCC had pushed the disabled car all the 
>way up from the strip district; Penn is a steadily rising grade, which goes 
>on for at least 10 long blocks (34th street to 44th street).  But I suppose 
>it had.

>The thought that crossed my mind at that point was that no one was out to 
>better service this situation to prove a point:  the cars had to go...buses 
>were the "in" thing.  Allowing this display to go on, seemed to me, in 
>retrospect,  to be a perfect Dameron advertisement for his campaign to rid 
>the city of the cars. . . .

>  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?  . . . . the question here is, does anyone 
>know the most common method of towing/removing a disabled car off the line 
>to the repair barn?
>
>

Lived in East End and later South Hills during 1960s and (vaguely) recall a 
couple instances of encountering disabled cars.  Seemed the common practice 
was for following car to hook up to disabled car using drawbar (at rear of 
disabled car???) and push towards car barn.  Never recall use of tow truck 
for this problem.

Recollection of others??????  (Where's a rule book when you need one)

John Swindler



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