[PRCo] Re: February 10, 1978

[Herb Brannon]

I noticed it looked similar to either a Cincinnati & Lake Erie or Indiana
Railroad high-speed lightweight interurban on the closed side. I guess the
NTSB just picked a "generic" car for the purpose of the diagram.
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 16:23, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> The drawing on page 12 is not a Pittsburgh car. So what accident was that
> from?
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> > I have had a copy of the NTSB investigation into the collision of
> PATranst
> > PCC 1790 and bus 2413, on the morning of February 10, 1978, and would
> like
> > to share it.
> > I was working the 35-Library and was probably inbound somewhere between
> > Washington Jct and Castle Shannon Municipal Building when the accident
> > actually occurred. By the time I reached Frederick Street and all the
> way,
> > inbound, through the single track to Boggs it was slow going and waiting
> > for lots of red signals. Cars were barely moving either direction do to
> the
> > emergency activity at SHJct, involving Police, Fire, EMS, PATransit
> > responders and bystanders, effectively shutting down the junction. I did
> > not know this until later. My first notion that something "big" had
> > happened was when I saw 42 and 42/38 cars coming outbound on the 35/36/37
> > tracks. Slowdowns were an almost daily occurrence on the rail system back
> > then usually do to malfunctioning signals or crippled cars, however, this
> > had now consumed time well beyond the usual break down or malfunction.
> > Finally, while sitting near Boggs an outbound operator stopped and
> quickly
> > mentioned to me that there had been a serious accident but gave no
> details.
> > When I rounded the curve, above the 42/38 tracks and looking down on Palm
> > Garden, I saw an unreal sight. The "transitway" in the Palm Garden area
> and
> > all around it was filled with emergency vehicles and people. Later, after
> > returning from downtown, I found out the extent of the incident.
> >
> > The attached report is a .pdf file to be opened with Adobe Reader. There
> > are some good diagrams included in the report. Hopefully, the List Server
> > will retain the .pdf file as a link. If it doesn't, email me and I can
> send
> > a copy to you through regular email.
> >
> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Derrick
>
>


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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park