Re: Trolley Pushers of Manilla
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 01-11-2019 - 22:48
Carol L Voss Wrote:
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> Craig Tambo Wrote:
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> > I saw these when I was there in 1970, so it's
> been
> > going on for awhile. I was told at the time
> that
> > trains were not operating on those lines, but
> > don't know if it was true.
>
> The piece today said that there were 4 trains per
> hour on both tracks and they showednthe trolley on
> a narrow bridge and said they had to be sure not
> to be caught on that brudge when trains were
> ciming. They did notnshow how the people removed
> the trolleys or put them on the tracks. They
> showed lots of feet running in the rails and audio
> was “I gitta push if I wanna eat”.
> Sorry about the typis but this website wont let me
> use the correction function and I have asked Todd
> why but received no answer.
> 😟
> C
These pushers must have a sense of the duration of 15 minutes like no one else.