Car stops

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The old photo of the tunnel may be mis-dated.  It opened for service
December 1, 1904, not 1907 as stated.  The sign was probably a speed
restriction, but it would take a lot of research to turn that up, if ever!
I suspect the photo was 1905 or 1906, but have never been able to pin it
down.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Dietrich,
Robert J.
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 8:15 AM
To: 'pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org'
Subject: RE: Car stops


These multiple cars signs were everywhere that more than one car could get
to a stop at the same time.  I leafed through Volkner's color book and found
at least a dozen pictures with them, downtown, East Liberty, North Side, and
of course South Hills Junction.  All the car stop signs were black text on
white background, no white on black.  I also noticed on a couple pictures a
small orangeish sign that appeared to have only one letter.  Does anyone
know what they were for?

While on the subject, in the early overhead shot of the tunnel --
http://www.voicenet.com/~dietrich/SHJ/oldover.htm -- there is a dark
rectangle over the crossing.  It appears to be a sign hanging from the
overhead, does anyone know what was on it?

Bob

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Kenneth and Tracie Josephson [mailto:kjosephson at sprintmail.com]
Sent:	Thursday, May 18, 2000 2:40 PM
To:	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject:	Re: Car stops



I remember "First Car", "Second Car" and "Third Car" rectangular signs at
the south
end of the Smithfield Street Bridge, north of Carson Street. Ken J.