Great tidbits!

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 9 May 2000, Jim Holland wrote:

> 	Saw this a couple times when I was growing up in the Burgh but rode one
> in the very late 60s.  I was out on Library in the AM rush and had seen
> 1619 head outbound so I waited to ride that car in.  Just inbound of
> Mesta was a broken down-17 and we hooked up and pushed it all the way
> back to South Hills with passengers on both cars!  I asked the operator
> how long he had been doing this and he said about 8-years.  I said: 
> "Eight years of pushing cars?!?!"  He just laughed!

I may have related this before, but about 10 years ago at this point I
went out to ride PCCs one afternoon, and was headed out to Drake when our
car lost power just shy of the turnout up to South Hills Village. PCC 1765
backed up to us, hooked up the towbar, and pulled the car (minus me) up to
the maintenance facility. Sadly I don't remember the number of the car I
was riding. I also don't remember how 1765 ended up backing up to us.

-D