[PRCo] another Daria

[dwightlong]

In the last days of PRC there were a few women operators, hangovers from WWII.  The mother of one of my fellow workers was one of them, working trams out of Craft Avenue Car House.

Dwight

From: Herb Brannon via Pittsburgh-railways 
Sent: Thursday, 25 June, 2015 14:44
To: Daria Brashear ; Western PA Trolley discussion 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] another Daria
Yes, when Daria Washington started with PATransit the female roster
consisted of her, Hattie Bartosik and Cora Sypolt. Daria began at East
Liberty (where Cora Sypolt was an operator) in the class ahead of my
training class. She transferred to SHJct (where Hattie Bartosik was an
operator) a few months after I did. Daria Washington and I had the infamous
"meet" on the single track on Warrington Avenue which was caused by the
unwillingness of PATransit to keep the overhead contacts and the Nachod
systems in general in top operating condition. By the late 1970s there were
quite a number of women operators.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Daria Brashear via Pittsburgh-railways <
pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> wrote:

> Herb mentioned this woman 15 years ago. The Port Authority hired her when I
> was still in the womb.
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