A small dog was rescued from support beams on the Market-Frankford Line tracks in West Philadelphia on Sunday evening after the animal got stuck several stories above ground.
Animal Protection Officers responded to an area near the 63rd Street Station in Cobbs Creek following a call from SEPTA police. Officials said witnesses saw the dog, a black female Shih Tzu mix, running along the tracks before she meandered onto the support pillar and couldn’t get off.
SEPTA said maintenance crews brought an elevation platform machine called a cherry picker to hoist an Animal Care and Control Team Philly member to the beam. Once he got close enough, he was able to slip a leash on the dog and carry her to safety. She was then sent to ACCT, the city’s animal shelter…