[PRCo] Re: Operator Training - and murders

[James B. Holland]

I have the news article about the Great TrolleyCar Robbery  --  will 
look for it.       Actually, first attempt failed  --  second motorman 
stopped, heard voices in bushes, then floored it and pushed the tree out 
of the way.

Jim


Matt Barry wrote:

>On the lighter side of transit crime, I recall in the 1970's, that the 
>local media (KDKA, I believe) reported a streetcar robbery as rather 
>humorous.   Apparently, a robber placed a large tree branch across the 
>private right or way tracks of a Shannon car (Drake, Library or 
>Shannon).   When the conductor stopped the car, the robber boarded and 
>got passengers to hand over $.    The media made it sound like the 
>"great train robbery."    They also reported that a previous conductor 
>of another streetcar simply plowed right through the tree branch and 
>kept on going.
>Then, of course, there is the infamous Pgh Railways story of an 
>inebriated man (in the 1940's) who drove a streetcar out of a car house 
>(Manchester, I believe) and even stopped to pick up a passenger or 
>two.   Nobody hurt, and the man was fined.   I'll see if I can find the 
>whole story and share.
>