Car Stop Signs & Low--Floor Trucks

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:

> Here is a Pittsburgh Railways car stop sign on eBay:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=264334429
> The person selling it was told (third hand information) that this
> particular sign originated in San Francisco and was removed during the
> 1950's.

> I don't ever recall seeing a picture of these signs anywhere else but
> Pittsburgh. Check it out! Ken J.

	I quickly check the *MSR* book by Smallwood and the two Muni books but
could not find Car Stop Signs ala PRCo design and as the one listed on
ebay.  I quickly looked thru Harold Smiths PRCo book and the Car Stop
signs literally stuck out like sore thumbs - even those in a distance.
	Doubt this one came west because of corporate ties thru *Untied* RR or
whatever.  More likely a fan named Ken brought it out here and sold the
extra from his collection!  Didn't know they were porcelain!
	Either MSR or Muni used a pair of low-floor trucks from PRCo under one
of its cars but it did not perform as well here as in the Burgh.  Don't
know if corporate ties produced that experiment or just curiosity.

James B. Holland
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        Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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