[PRCo] Re: An old story

[Bob Rathke]

I saw this technique used many times on Fifth Avenue between Smithfield and
Liberty.  The route foreman would jack the center of the front bumper, get
the wheels off the ground, and push the front end toward the sidewalk; then
they're repeat the procedure on the rear bumper.

Bob 3/28/02

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr at worldnet.att.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:14 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: An old story


>
> Greetings to all
>
> Not exactly sure how often they used this method but I have seen route
> foremen jack a car sideways a few inches to clear.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
>
> Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 3/27/02 7:07:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Macmarka at cs.com
> > writes:
> >
> > > , THAT WAS MY TRUCK!  Just kidding Ken!  I always wondered if there
> > > was ever a situation where a vehicle blocked the path of a streetcar
and
> > > nobody came to move it. What then? Local towing company? Or did PRCo
or PAT
> > >
> > > tow it themselves?
> > >
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