JTC Tidbits --- Gleanings From *Trolley Fare*

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Flying Platform was also called Flying Brick or Brick.  A two-axle motor car
named for its riding qualities.

Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Jim Holland wrote:
>
> >       "Rail in the street is nearly completely removed, as evidenced by the
> > Kovalchic Salvage Co. trailer truck loaded with short sections of girder
> > rail seen near Coopersdale.  Only short stretches of exposed rail on the
> > Moxham line could be found, although we did not investigate the Franklin
> > line or the outer end of Morellville.  All rail has been removed from
> > Moxham yard, and the 'flying platform' was not detected anywhere."
>
> Can someone who knows what this is tell us of the "flying platform"?
>
> Around 1990 there was still a small bit of exposed rail on the Horner
> line, at an intersection which now I forget, but basically one street
> south of Horner right where the outbound track doglegged over to Horner.
> More recently it had been paved over.
>
> About 5 feet of rail from the Coopersdale loop was showing in the same
> time frame, but more recently may have been covered in dirt or paved over.
>
> -D