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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Sun May 05, 2002 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Be Careful Moving Stuff By Road! |
A story in today's Philadelphia Inquirer, part of a far larger series on Philly's massive campaign against illegal trucks, highlights the problems of moving historic equipment on road trailers. In this instance, it was a SEPTA PCC car being transported to Brookville Locomotive for refurbishment: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/3202790.htm Please note: Only the truckers were fined, not any historic organization. They got off easy. In the mid-1980s, the Wilmington & Western trucked PRR 0-6-0 60 from the Pittsburgh area to Wilmington, and along the way the truckers (real pros that also moved SR Ps-4 1401 into the Smithsonian) racked up over $10,000 in still-disputed overweight fines (basically, the police and the scales came up with weights that would have been more appropriate for a PRR Mikado or Decapod). In another instance, a diesel being moved from one operation to another in Pennsylvania was caught by the police as the jerrybuilt trailer set-up started coming apart on the highway (burning through the axle bearings, as I heard), again with heavy fines. Hey, does the ex-Philly licensing and inspection head on this Interchange have any comments? <;-) Philly Inq Truck/PCC Story lner4472@bcpl.net |
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| Author: | Jeff Lisowski [ Mon May 06, 2002 6:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Be Careful Moving Stuff By Road! |
> Please note: Only the truckers were fined, > not any historic organization. Please note: The trucking company was fined not the trucker. It was not the fault of the driver. Jeff Lisowski West Chester, Pa Great music! unfunkyufo76@hotmail.com |
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