Route "#s" - long routes

[John Swindler]

Jim Holland's reply to my comment:  Donald Galt has listed elsewhere 
internal route numbers from 1910, and I counted 121.  That's real close to 
99.
>
>	Am I missing the humor here?  20% off (99+22=121); but if you say so, I 
>guess 99 is close to 121 - certainly closer than 98 (but not as close as 
>100.)
>
>

Not humor, Jim, just an observation.  When I first saw Donald Galt's list, 
the impression was -  route numbers go up to 1300s??? Seemed like a lot!  
Didn't think, at first, about any correlation with the two-digit system that 
we are familiar with.  Then a count showed the totals were close in both 
number systems.  The Galt/Arnold three-digit system was for the internal 
benefit of the operating department.  But the two-digit route numbers are 
for the external benefit of the passengers.  That looks like a deliberate, 
bureaucratic decision on the part of PRC management.  And what I find 
interesting is that it should account for all 99 available numbers, W, C and 
Washington locals excluded.


>And concerning Jim's comment on
>	What about your automobile?  When I bought my present car in 83, my 
>previous car was a 1970 model.  Everything on the present car is symbols.  
>A symbol for sound can be similar to a symbol for lights.  They didn't give 
>me no symbol dictionary no-how (a triple negative is still a negative!)
>

True, but what about the international market?  Fred S. has a good story 
about the genealogy of one of his old VWs.  And Bill Vigrass had a good 
story about going to a meeting at the Siemans plant.	 On second thought, 
maybe there is a place for color designations in certain instances.  Never 
had trouble navigating the London Underground, but they were probably among 
the first to use color codes.  And maybe they have a place in Washington.  
And it probably would be of some help in New York, given its complexity.  
But most other cities?  Your right, its a waste.

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