[PRCo] Re: Maintenance

[Boris Cefer]

There are a few pictures that Roberta Hill took in the early PAT days.

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt451.htm

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt459.htm

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt460.htm

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt461.htm

http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt462.htm

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>; "James B. Holland"
<PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 4:52 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Maintenance


> I don't know when I last saw a Pittsburgh motorman on the roof of a
> car but it was long after 1953.   A pole had decided not to stay on
> the wire going through special work around 6th and Liberty.   The
> rope tore.   The motorman simply came to the rear of the car, opened
> the battery case, pulled out the ladder, hung it on the hook by the
> trolley catcher, scampered up onto the roof, hooked the pole down,
> tied the rope back together, put the pole back on the wire, put the
> ladder away, closed the batter box, and away he went.   It was 4:30
> or so in the afternoon and had he called traffic he would have still
> be there at 5:00.   Looking back on it, he was probably also a more
> senior employee who wanted to get relieved on schedule and didn't
> care for a lot of bullshit in his day.