[PRCo] Re: Junction question.

[Fred W. Schneider III]

I, for one, cannot answer.  

"Dietrich, Robert J." wrote:
> 
> Folks:
> 
> How was routing controlled through the Junction?  I know the switch towers
> were there until 1939 when the interlocking was established.  Did the switch
> tower operator route the outbound cars or did the motorman use the
> power-on/power-off method.
> 
> Just curious.  On the module it will be controlled by the tower operator
> located in that corner bay window of the admin building.  Oh, yea; that made
> me think of another question.
> 
> What went on in that second floor bay window area?  Maybe I should rephrase,
> what was supposed to go on there?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bob
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Kenneth Josephson [mailto:kjosephson at sprintmail.com]
> Sent:   Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:51 AM
> To:     pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject:        [PRCo] Re: Patronage of the Rail Lines (Was: Pittsburgh
> 7-Charles   Street abandonment)
> 
> "Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:
> 
> > Patronage?
> 
> Number of  people utilizing the service provided by the cars, i.e.,
> passengers.
> ;-) I changed the subject line from Charles Street because we were going off
> on a
> tangent concerning current ridership figures and no one else bothered to
> change
> it.