[PRCo] Re: February 10, 1978

[Ken and Tracie]

Thanks for sharing.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: "Pittsburgh Railways Group" <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:56 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: February 10, 1978


> Lets try it with the file attached this time.
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 14:54, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
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>> 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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