[PRCo] Re: OM - these are getting very interesting!

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The interurban rollsign in this photo was inserted for the event.  I was
there.

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Kenneth Josephson
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: OM - these are getting very interesting!





"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:

> Probably the most memorable of all was GOTHAM
> CITY VIA BAT CAVE.  The latter was stitched to a regular roll and was
> left behind after the trip; a least once it was observed being used by a
> motorman returning to Tunnel Carhouse after the morning rush hour.

I believe our own Herb was guilty of pulling that stunt.....

> The CANONSBURG sign may have actually been on the roll when the car was
> in service.  When Charleroi and Washington were abandoned, all cars also
> had SHANNON-DRAKE, SHANNON-LIBRARY, and 37 SHANNON signs.

I have some photos from the '60s showing non-interurban 16s and 17s out on
the
Library line simply showing "LIBRARY" on the front roll sign. What was the
story
on those?

Ken J.