[PRCo] Re: PCC being towed

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

In my world anything can happen.  Tow 'em backwards if you have to.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdietrich/scene036.htm.  Don't forget to
scroll down to see where I got the idea.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
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Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:48 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC being towed

Ninety-nine times out of one hundred a disabled car would be in front.
Not too often you could do it the easy way and "pull" the bad car back
to S.H.Jct. It was very dangerous pushing through the crowded downtown
Pgh streets. I did it several times and was always glad when that chore
was finished safely.
HrB
 
---- "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> wrote: 
> Boris Cefer wrote:
> 
> > The attachment shows something unfrequent - a PCC being towed by an 
> > =another PCC. Perhaps the salty slush got in one of its motors. I 
> > haven't =seen any picture like this one before. One would expect 
> > failed PCC to be =pushed to a nearby loop or spur track to wait
there 
> > for one of the tow =cars.
> >
> > B
> >
> > http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/1757%20towed.jpg
>