Finleyville & Other Sign Curtains

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

In a message dated 08/19/2000 3:03:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pghpcc at pacbell.net writes:

<< 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 >>

HRBran99 at aol.com wrote:

<> Those were "temporary" destination signs made out of paper with<>

	Yes - I know PRCo used such signs - they were displayed in 1613 as the
experimental PCC-interurban to Washington  --  and there are other
situations as well.  I have also seen them used on 12-Evergreen.
	But Finleyville as a destination does not make sense - no loop and no
crossover and no wye for turning!  Outside of the explanation by Ed
Lybarger, logic for such a destination is elusive.  And PRCo was quite a
predictable company and consistent in its ways - Finleyville as a
destination seems so inconsistent!

James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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