October in the PA Trolley museum

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Dietrich, Robert J. wrote:
> 
> Hello folks:
> 
> Have you taken a look at this months picture in PA Trolley Museum calendar?
> A couple of things that make it Western PA caught my eye .

	As my calendar is already in pieces and placed in my photo album, I do 
not know exactly which photo you refer to!  I assume you are referring to a 
photo of a 17 interurban passing Downes Deli in Roscoe.

> But why is the street car signed for Charleroi?  I'm guessing the motorman
> just got a head start changing the sign for the return trip, but would the
> car go only as far as Charleroi?  Or was that the standard sign on outbound
> cars?

	Even though the interurbans had destination signs of CHARLEROI, 
WASHINGTON, and PITTSBURGH, the latter was rarely used.  Like the city signs 
which read 42 DORMONT both inbound and outbound, the interurbans used 
CHARLEROI or WASHINGTON both inbound and outbound.
	The sign of CHARLEROI is correct - he is still heading south - 
outbound - and should change it to PITTSBURGH at the Roscoe loop but it was 
perfectly permissible to use CHARLEROI for both directions.	
	Once heading inbound the car probably went all the way through to 
Pgh.; it was only the very late night cars that used the Charleroi carbarn to 
pull in that just went to Charleroi.

James B. Holland
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