[From nobody Mon Jan 14 08:17:56 2013 Received: from mailsorter-101-11.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.45) by storefull-161.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 08:39:26 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <shadow+bounces@dementia.org> Received: from alycia.dementia.org (ALYCIA.DEMENTIA.ORG [128.2.35.149]) by mailsorter-101-11.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id IAA24101; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 08:39:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alycia.dementia.org (8.9.1a/8.9.0) id LAA03274 for pittsburgh-railways-outgoing; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 11:38:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from crow.a001.sprintmail.com (crow.prod.itd.earthlink.net [209.178.63.7]) by alycia.dementia.org (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA03270 for <pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org>; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 11:38:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from default (sdn-ar-003nvlvegP263.dialsprint.net [206.133.195.153]) by crow.a001.sprintmail.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA22019 for <pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org>; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 08:37:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <38EAFC09.22FF@sprintmail.com> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 08:40:41 +0000 From: Kenneth and Tracie Josephson <kjosephson@sprintmail.com> Organization: Kenneth and Tracie Josephson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-SI304B01 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Subject: Re: Scheduling Operators -- Charleroi & Washington References: <7b.2b6fd62.261cb3f2@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org HRBran99@aol.com wrote: > About the southern end of the system I cannot say, however, even at South > Hills Car House, in the 1970s, there were beds in the second floor of the > administration building for operators. Usually they were only used if someone > got tired and wanted to rest during the period between the two pieces of a > split run. Older operators, at that time, said the bunkhouse, or whatever it > may have been called, was used normally when an operator came in late off a > run and had to take another run out in the early morning. As I recall, some of the younger motormen during the mid '70's and early '80's had "trolley groupies", or young female "motorman fans." Without getting too graphic, my overactive imagination could come up with other uses for that second floor..... :-) Ken J. ]