[PRCo] Re: M454

[John Swindler]

I remember a photo Christmas card from John Baxter of some snow-bound route 
56 McKeesport cars during the 1951 snow storm.  Shame on me for never asking 
him if he had got stuck in the snow on one of these cars, or if he took the 
photo when crews went to retreive these snowbound cars.  At least I always 
assumed that it was one of John's photos.

And yes, I get the picture.  For some 25 years I worked in two government 
agencies; one of which is very dictatorial, and the other allows employees 
to be proactive.  The former provided a good example of what NOT to do when 
I was working at the latter.

John




>From: HRBran99 at aol.com
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: M454
>Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:54:18 EDT
>
>In a message dated 6/24/03 12:01:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>j_swindler at hotmail.com writes:
> > So when you worked for PAT, did any of the cars carry a sleet cutter 
>that
> > motormen could install themselves or was everything stored at Tunnel??
>
>During the years I operated PCC's we were not permitted to "fool around" 
>with
>the trolley poles, or even go up on the roof. The union thought it better 
>for
>our safety if that was left to the maintenance crews. I personally though 
>it
>might be fun to play with the trolley poles and climb up the little steps 
>to
>the roof, but, when someone else (the union) is running (ruining) your work
>life, you must
>obey.........obey..........obey...........obey..........obey.........Get 
>the
>picture?
>
>As for snow storms I heard a few stories about the 1950 Thanksgiving snow
>storm. One operator claimed to have been housed by people along the 56 line 
>for
>one night because the tracks were blocked until the next day. Heard several 
>bus
>operators talk about having to leave buses in the street and walk back to
>garages or other places of "safety" during the same storm. Not much else 
>though.
>
>HrB
>

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