[PRCo] Re: AnyOne Here Like West Penn~?~!~?~!~?

[Ken & Tracie]

Hee-hee-hee.....remote oil filter hose, by chance?

To get back to traction, I knew a gentleman who started out as a P.E. 
motorman during the 1940s. He stated that by the time Metropolitan Coach 
took over, the air compressor rings in some of the Hollywood cars were so 
bad, the lubricating oil was working its way into the air lines. The oil 
would seep through the brake stand near the handle. The operators would 
either wrap rags around it or wear gloves.

I am guessing those were still two man cars, as handling fares and handling 
out transfers would be cumbersome to a motorman who was wearing an oil 
coated glove.

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 11:41 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: AnyOne Here Like West Penn~?~!~?~!~?


> That was a neat story.   Rich and I go way back ... way back.   I had
> a 1949 Packard when we met.   You young guys don't remember those
> cars.  I had a leaking oil hose and I had to put oil in it to get to
> a place where I could buy oil.   The gas station idiot asked, "Do you
> want our best oil?"   It was absolutely spraying out oil.
>
> On Nov 4, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Richard Allman wrote:
>
>> Fred-now is the time to tell the tale of the high test oil you were
>> supposed
>> to throw onto the streets from your Packard...
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken & Tracie" <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 11:06 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: AnyOne Here Like West Penn~?~!~?~!~?
>>
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