[PRCo] Re: Bent Pole

[Herb Brannon]

Leaving the wire "at speed" was the usual cause. I severely bent one pole
and broke another in two pieces in the same general area. One incident on
the city side of the Saw Mill Run Blvd bridge and the other on the Castle
Shannon side of the bridge. PATransit seemed to use a really "light weight"
pole in the 1970s/80s. They were prone to bending and breaking.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Trolley poles get bent when cars dewire at high speed and the pole strikes
> any bracket arms in the poles path before the car comes to a stop.  I
> remember seeing a picture (perhaps in Trains) of a Niagara St. Catharines
> and Toronto interurban that dewired and bent the pole out of shape.
> Bill
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> Herb Brannon
> On America's North Coast
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