[PRCo] Re: Interurbans and Animals

[Schneider Fred]

And then there was that great cartoon yesterday ...

DVDs for Dummies who are unable to read the books for dummies series.

Sort of fits, doesn't it Rich!


On Feb 12, 2009, at 10:53 PM, Rich Rockwell wrote:

> Expanding on the topic of "animals," I stumbled on a couple of  
> stories about
> human animals in front of trolleys.
>
> These are from articles I found at NewspaperArchive.com.
>
> In the May 1937 issue of the Charleroi Mail, it was reported that Anna
> Greasinger was suing PRCo for damages in the death of her husband,  
> William
> Greasinger.  Witnesses (who had to help him onto the car) testified  
> that
> they placed Greasinger on an interurban car at about 10:30 on  
> December 28,
> 1934.  They said he was intoxicated at the time and they told the  
> motorman
> to let him off at the Eldora Land Office stop.  The car didn't stop  
> at the
> Eldora Land Office - instead, it stopped a mile and a half farther.
> Greasinger got off and started to walk back along the tracks.  He  
> was hit by
> another electric car and killed about 75 feet from the Eldora Land  
> Office
> stop.
>
> I saw another article (I can't locate it at the moment - I think  
> around the
> same time period) about a man who fell asleep on the tracks in  
> Black Diamond
> was run over by a trolley and killed.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
> Schneider Fred
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:54 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Interurbans and Animals
>
> I guess what I would not want to do would be to use a Fairbanks one-
> lung section motor car on the Alaska Railroad to hit a grizzly
> bear.   That might just irritate the critter enough to make me his
> dinner.
>
> On Feb 12, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
>
>> An operator for the SSL told me they hit a number of deer along the
>> rural
>> sections of the line.
>>
>> K.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jerry MATT Matsick" <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:35 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Interurbans and Animals
>>
>>
>>> Having had the opportunity to hang out on the tracks of the  
>>> Charleroi
>>> interurban line near Eldora, I know
>>> there were alot of "wild" animals in that area, I was wondering have
>>> animals caused accidents or derailments on any of the PRCo  
>>> interurban
>>> lines?    Also here in Florida often "wild" fires near RR tracks
>>> have suspended train operation, was that face by the PRCo trolleys?
>>> --
>>> From: Jerry "Matt" Matsick "PHD"
>>> Living without trust in God is like driving in
>>> the fog.
>>> -------------- Original message from Schneider Fred
>>> <fwschneider at comcast.net>: --------------
>>>
>>>
>>>> Amazing..... that is the population of the city!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 10, 2009, at 9:04 PM, Bill Robb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> BobDietrich wrote:
>>>>>> I was in the middle of 300,000 Steelers fans last week and none
>>>>>> were
>>>>>> behaving badly.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't knock the sport because of the actions of their "fans".
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the 300,000 were fans of something good happening for
>>>>> Pittsburgh rather than "sports fans."
>>>>>
>>>>>
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