[PRCo] Re: PCC being towed

[John Swindler]

Can use some help from those with better memories, but vague recollection 
of:

On a winter weekend in early 1960s PRC set up a shuttle service on Overbrook 
using two 1200s towed back to back.  It was for removal of a pedestrian 
overpass around Linden Grove.  Used a crossover around Frederick St.  and 
operated from South Hills Jct. to ------  perhaps Linden Grove.

I suspect the rational was to cut the power to overhead lines where bridge 
was being removed.  And this may have all been done on a Sunday.

Suspect it was around 1961-62:  just before I started using slide film.

Of course this could never be done today, if you catch my drift.

John



>From: "Dietrich, Robert J." <Robert.Dietrich at unisys.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC being towed
>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:05:26 -0500
>
>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
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
>hrbran99 at adelphia.net
>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
> >
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