[PRCo] Re: Railroad crossings

[Matt Barry]

I believe it was simply like an oval wire fence, if you will, to keep 
the trolley pole from going off the wire as it crossed the railroad tracks.

Boris Cefer wrote:

>Hello, folks!
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>I have noted, that PRCo used some protective device mounted closely above
>the trolley wire at points where the trolley tracks crossed railroad. Was
>e.g. at crossing with PRR Panhandle Div. on Main St. in Carnegy, clearly
>visible in PCC From Coast To Coast, page 170. Does anybody know what was
>that wire roof for? Seems it could provide an emergency power supply in case
>of dewirement to prevent the streetcar stay on railroad track.
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>Boris
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