Old PRCo route numbers (was: Route 9, 8, PHB&NC)

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:

> With all the short turns and routing variations present in Pittsburgh, I
> would guess assigning numbers for public use helped quite a bit!  Ken J.

	And you know that a short turn on the 42 Dormont was 43 Neeld - not 42
Dormont-Neeld like so many places with split signs.  The car was a 42
Dormont inbound and outbound, pure and simple!

	I like the Vancouver method - two different numbers and route names
which indicates the direction the transit vehicle is travelling on one
line.  Not familiar enough with the routes to give an example but I can
always tell when a Vancouverite boards here by the type of questions
they ask.  The people from Vancouver are the most experienced in riding
transit from what I have seen - at least those from North America!

James B. Holland
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