[PRCo] Re: Operator Training - and murders

[John Swindler]

We still made change in Chicago during summer of 1969.  But there was also a 
large police presence in Chicago, which really wasn't realized until I 
returned to Pittsburgh.

It was either summer of 1968 or 1969 that a temporary bus driver was killed 
on 12 Roosevelt run during robbery gone bad.  Driver was foreign student, so 
may have had translation problem, and robbers got too excited.  Otherwise it 
was a good summer job.

John



>From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Operator Training - and murders
>Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:15:38 -0400
>
>This was in 1968.  Ready-Fare came about almost instantly as a result.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
>Harold Geissenheimer
>Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:05 PM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Operator Training - and murders
>
>
>Greetings
>Yes..a murder at South Hills Jct about 330AM.  Man on
>his way to work.  Harold
>
>Boris Cefer wrote:
>
> >Motorman murdered at South Hills? Strange!
> >
> >Boris
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
> >To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:58 PM
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: Operator Training
> >
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> >
> >
> >>Greetings
> >>
> >>Ready Fare came to Pgh after a murder of a motorman at South
> >>Hills Jct on a stairway down from a parking lot.
> >>
> >>About learning routes...In the 1970's we split the very large
> >>East Liberty Garage into two lists.  Drivers had to learn only
> >>half of the former routes.  It worked then.  I dont know if
> >>they still do it.
> >>
> >>Harold Geissenheimer
> >>
> >>hrbran99 at adelphia.net wrote:
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> >>><When you started, Herb, where you required to make change?  If so, did
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> >that cause a problem for some operators?>
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> >>>No, change making had become a thing of the past almost all over the US
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> >do to robbery. "Ready Fare System" was the buzz phrase of the day in 
>1972.
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> >>><Did you ever meet an operator that could not tell time?>
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> >>>No, I can't say that I have. However, here in Cleveland there was one 
>who
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> >>>
> >had a hard time learning the routes. Especially on routes with several
> >branches such as 20/20A/20B/20C. Several times his bus and passengers who
> >were supposed to be heading to Parma or Broadview Heights  ended up at 
>the
> >Zoo. I think they (management) convinced him to become a Rapid Transit
> >Station Attendant.
> >
> >
> >>>============================================================
> >>>From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
> >>>Date: 2004/06/29 Tue PM 06:05:43 EDT
> >>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: [PRCo]
> >>>
> >>>I really liked Herb's response. Thanks.
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