[PRCo] Re: Unattended PRC trolleys

Jim Holland pghpcc at pacbell.net
Sun Jun 10 02:30:38 EDT 2001


> tsquare at toad.net wrote:

> I remember one night in 1943 when I was riding an outbound
> 3800 to Charleroi, the operator stopped the car at Overbrook
> and disappeared into the small store on the corner for a
> full 15 minutes -- don't know why but the presumption
> among the passengers was that he had become ill.  He was
> replaced by a relief operator who apparently came up from
> Tunnel CH by taxicab.

	What wasn't done in those days to keep service running?!?!

	Now, tell us about the rest of the trip - did you set any speed records
in making up time?

-- 
James B. Holland




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