Finleyville & Other Sign Curtains

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Very interesting logic!  I also have a photo of a Finleyville curtain
in a 1400 pulling out from South Hills but it is black letters on a
white background.  Thought it suspect - railfans, maybe, but this seems
to be the mid- to late 1940s and I don't know if railfan activity
included special sign curtains at this time.
	But Finleyville was not included in the PCC interurban sign curtains!

	I have seen Black Diamond on a single end low floor which defies logic
since a single end car cannot turn here  --   a double ender could!

	And I believe that the 3700--3714 series Brills had signs for the local
lines in Washington - but the 37s were single-enders and none of the
Washington local lines had loops at the outer ends!

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> The cars turned at Riverview Loop, as Jim says, as there was no place to
> turn between (West) Library and there.  I'm not entirely sure of the logic
> of the Finleyville destination curtain, unless it was used just on
> southbound cars, leaving Riverview as the destination for northbound cars
> from Donora.

> Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> [mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 4:15 PM
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> Subject: Finleyville

> Greetings!

>         I have several photos of single end low floor cars displaying the sign
> FINLEYVILLE.  Turn around facilities do not exist at Finleyville.  The
> cars would have to continue to Riverview to be able to turn.  Was this a
> valid destination sign?

James B. Holland

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