[PRCo] Re: PCC being towed

[Boris Cefer]

Many thanks!!! :-)

B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:12 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC being towed


> Boris, just so you don't feel ignored here's four
> photos of TTC 4574 having a bad day at the office in
> the summer of 1972. Luckily, I had my camera with me.
> The car was west bound on Dundas just before Victoria
> in downtown Toronto when it lost it's trolley pole and
> the trolley secured itself to a span wire so securely
> that it ripped the pole base, spikes and all out of
> the roof.
>
> In the second photo, the line crew was called to
> detact the pole from the span wire. In the background
> Dundas cars are diverting by Church, Queen and
> Victoria. The third photo shows one of the red and
> yellow mobile supervisor's cars of the day and the tow
> bar extended on 4574.  The fourth photo shows the two
> cars being attached for the trip to Roncesvalles car
> house.
>
> Bill Robb
>
>
> --- Boris Cefer <westinghouse at iol.cz> wrote:
>
> > No photos? Of course, because of lots of sand flying
> > :-D))))))))
> > And now, try to imagine pushing 4 dead PCCs!
> > (attachment) The wet asphalt
> > indicates blown MG sets.
> >
> > B
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC being towed
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I have also seen a PCC push a CLRV up Church. Lots
> > of
> > > sand flying and wheels spinning on the PCC! But no
> > > photos of this.
> > >
> > > Bill Robb
> >
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