[PRCo] Re: Much ado about nothing

[Ken and Tracie]

Not a split switch?  I stand corrected. Thanks, Fred.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 7:35 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Much ado about nothing


> Ah, but if I think I understand what you are thinking about Ken, the 
> Chicago incident with 7078 wasn't a split switch.   The whole car turned 
> left as it was supposed to on a diversion route.   But the motorman 
> apparently paid no attention to a gasoline truck coming the other way and 
> took out the truck.   The 8,000 gallons of gasoline took out the streetcar 
> and several buildings in the vicinity.   It had nothing to do with the 
> single point switch.   Totally different situation.
>
> That was the one that caused the industry to rethink blinker doors because 
> many were incinerated in the back of the car because they were pressed 
> against the doors and couldn't escape.   Remember that the Muni 1015-1040 
> order in 1952 came with folding doors as a result of that accident.
>
> Life magazine is on-line these days if you want to look at the gory 
> pictures.   The accident happened May 25, 1950.
>
> You will find it in the June 5th, 1950 issue of Life magazine.   Use the 
> link below and then scroll down to page 30.
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=bE0EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
>
> On Sep 5, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Ken and Tracie wrote:
>
>> I do not wish to sound insensitive, but in view of what happened in 
>> Chicago
>> thirteen years previously, this really was nothing.
>>
>> K.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>; "Ed Lybarger" 
>> <trams2 at comcast.net>;
>> "Matthew R Barry" <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:58 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Much ado about nothing
>>
>>
>>> Fred
>>> Good ole single point switches!
>>>
>>> Dwight
>>
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