October in the PA Trolley museum

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The car is still outbound, thus the sign.  Roscoe, while beyond Charleroi,
was the terminus and that's where the sign was changed to "Pittsburgh."
When the "Shannon-Charleroi" and "Shannon-Washington" signs came into use,
they stayed up all the time, in both directions.

Ed

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Robert J.
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 1:09 PM
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Subject: October in the PA Trolley museum


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 .

The people - In 1949 you wore white socks with a suit, these days that guy
would be dubbed a railfan.

	Notice that young girl in the right corner has her tongue hanging
out.  What is she holding.

Everything looks to be impregnated with coal dust, except the surface of the
siding on the building that appears to have been rubbed clean by people
taller than the girl.  The car stop sign can almost be read.

Oh, yes - remember the Sun-Telly.  That sign reminds me of my paper route at
6 AM on a cold Sunday morning.

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?

Love that picture.

Bob Dietrich