[PRCo] Unattended PRC trolleys

[Bob Rathke]

My guess is that such motorman activity depended on the location.  A motorman
wouldn't chance leaving his car in a busy, highly visible area, but he would take
advantage of remote locations.

Spring Hill was such a sleepy place.  I lived there until 1969, and I know families
who never locked their front doors.  I'm not exaggerting - we might have seen a
city police car driving by once every two years, and then, the policeman was
probably on his way to visit a friend.  With all the trolley traffic down on E.
Ohio and Federal Streets, a PRC route foreman was unlikely to venture up the hill
to Rhine and Buente Streets.

Bob 6/9/01

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"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:

> Urban legend?  No.  It happened.  On my own and only trip to Washington,
> I watched the rather ponderous motorman get out and go into an adjacent
> store to get the largest cream puff I've ever seen.
>
> HRBran99 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 6/8/01 7:45:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > bob.dietrich at unisys.com writes:
> >
> > > I just thought I'd pass this along in case anyone remembers such happenings
> > > on the PRCo.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I don't remember any "coffee shops", or for that matter, any places near
> > Simmons Loop which were withing walking distance. Sounds like "Urban Legend"
> > to me. PRCo and PATransit rules forbid leaving a car unattended. And if, do
> > to an emergency situation (a coffee shop would not qualify), a car had to be
> > left unattended the reverser handle should have been placed in the 'locked'
> > or forward position and removed to prevent moving of the car. Again, sounds
> > like urban legend to me. If it did happen, the operator most likely was
> > unemployed after that.
> >
> > HrB