[PRCo] Crew Assignments

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Confusing question?  You know the map as well as anyone, therefore I
think your question is did a motorman's run alternate route 38 and then
39.  Yes?  I don't know.  I'm not even sure if 35 and 36 alternated all
the time or only on Sundays and evenings.  

John, I think we found a job for you.  Move to Pittsburgh and interview
all the surviving motormen about how trainmen were assigned to routes. 
There might be some real surprises.  And I'll bet they varied
considerably from year to year as the passenger counts dwindled, the
headways lengthened, and the company sought to get more productivity out
of its trainmen.  I think we can be certain that certain routes never
did share trainmen with others: 12, 21, 36, 51, 81, 63, 38A, W1, W2, Wf,
D, 28 (as a shuttle), 29

John F Bromley wrote:
> 
> Finally, from me, a pure Pittsburgh question.  I'm looking at two borrowed negatives from a very nice man in New Jersey (who shall not be named) taken on the same day but on different trips.  One is at the SH Jctn Traffic Office, the other on the r/w at the 35/36/37 junction.  The first is on Route 39, the second on Route 38.  Both about the same part of the day (i.e. one isn't morning rush and evening rush).  There is no question of them being on different days, both on August 2 1946..  Both Car 1240.
> 
> The Q - did 38 and 39 interline in the same fashion as 35 and 36 in later years??