[PRCo] Re: 77-54 loses a wheel - whoops.

[Boris Cefer]

That would make more sense, yes.

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:41 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 77-54 loses a wheel - whoops.


Mr.Cefer;

This line in the article:

"Police said a wheel on the front truck of the trolley
came off, causing the rear end of the streetcar to
swing into the oncoming traffic lane."

...should possibly read thus:

"Police said a weel came off the front axle of the rear truck..."

Wouldn't this make more sense?  Anything is possible, but
why would the back end derail when a wheel goes missing
on the front truck?

The newspaper itself may be totally 'accurate' in relaying what
the police on the scene actually said;  thus the police are wrong
and not the paper aren't they.


 Phil