[PRCo] Re: PCC being towed

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Robert
Fantast -recreation in HO Scale of South Hills Junction, thanks for sharing!
Jerry M
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> From: "Dietrich, Robert J." <Robert.Dietrich at unisys.com>
> Date: 2005/10/31 Mon AM 08:05:26 EST
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC being towed
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> 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.
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> Bob
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> -----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
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> ---- "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> wrote: 
> > Boris Cefer wrote:
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> > > 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
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> > > http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/1757%20towed.jpg
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