[PRCo] Re: Derail

[ROBERT R ROCKWELL]

I see it, how did it work ?

Robert Rockwell
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  From: fwschneider at comcast.net<mailto:fwschneider at comcast.net> 
  To: Pittsburgh-Railways at dementia.org<mailto:Pittsburgh-Railways at dementia.org> 
  Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 10:26 PM
  Subject: [PRCo] Derail


  I particularly liked this image from Phil of 1200 at South Hills Junction because it shows the derail at the top of the hill which might was installed after one of the tunnel runaways ... perhaps after the infamous 1917 debacle.   Perhaps it might have prevented the PCC from slamming into the P&LE station in the 1980s had PAT, in its never ending wisdom, removed it.
  I was tempted at the time to send a photo of the derail to the Post Gazette and the "Supress" and ask if they could explain why PAT had removed a devise installed by Pittsburgh Railways engineers to prevent disabled cars from going through the tunnel out of control.   Then I thought better of it and decided it would only make enemies for the railfans.

  http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/1200-42-ob-shj-09-04-1951.jpg<http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/1200-42-ob-shj-09-04-1951.jpg>