[PRCo] Re: February 10, 1978

[Derrick Brashear]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> 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.

I would have guessed they reused the whole diagram from another accident.

> 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
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>> --
>> Derrick
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> --
> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Derrick