[PRCo] Re: Unattended PRC trolleys

[Jim Holland]

> tsquare at toad.net wrote:

> Jim

> I don't recall any specific "race against the clock"
> on this particular trip -- however, evening service
> on the interurbans tended to be more leisurely due to
> fewer stops and congestion than during day service so
> I would surmise that the car would have been back on
> schedule by the time it arrived at Mon City
> (Monongahela, PA, to the non-locals!)

	This is the way I remember  ALL  PRCo  service  --
		Slow  And  Leisurely!!

The motorman would hit the power pedal and almost immediately release
it.
	This caused the controller to set up as brake to
		stop and actually slowed the car.
			Then the power was hit momentarily again.
				This cycle was repeated constantly.
Rush Hours were a little different -
	a little faster between stops.
		And I relished line delays as then the power
			was put down and not released!

> Tom

> tsquare at toad.net wrote:

> I remember one night in 1943 when I was riding an outbound
> 3800 to Charleroi, the operator stopped the car at Overbrook
> and disappeared into the small store on the corner for a
> full 15 minutes -- don't know why but the presumption
> among the passengers was that he had become ill.  He was
> replaced by a relief operator who apparently came up from
> Tunnel CH by taxicab.

>> Jim Holland wrote:::::::


>>         What wasn't done in those days to keep service running?!?!

>>         Now, tell us about the rest of the trip - did you set any speed records
>> in making up time?

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