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

[Donald Galt]

On 11 Nov 99, at 11:54, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> That's still Pittsburgh practice [signing only for a route name, not a
> destination] 

The pecularity of Pittsburgh is that there were no interlinings through the 
Triangle. If the 38 had been through-routed with the 13, for instance, the 
signs would have been changed at the termini, i.e. it would have been 
exactly as Jim describes for Vancouver, which similarly uses very minimal 
route designations in big, easily-read form.

Wolfgang Auer, who has written an extensive treatise on the Vienna route 
numbering system, was fair astounded when I pointed out to him that the 
car on the cover of "Touring Pittsburgh by Trolley" is heading AWAY from 
West View.

Which brings up another point: I assume that 10 and 15 cars changed signs 
at West View terminus, right?

D2