[PRCo] Re: Operator Training - and murders

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

1968?  That's good, I don't have to stage this on the module since I'm
still back in the '50s.  My motormen still carry the change machines.

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
Edward H. Lybarger
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:16 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Operator Training - and murders

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!
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>Boris
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>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
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>>Ready Fare came to Pgh after a murder of a motorman at South
>>Hills Jct on a stairway down from a parking lot.
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>>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.
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>>Harold Geissenheimer
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>>hrbran99 at adelphia.net wrote:
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>>><When you started, Herb, where you required to make change?  If so,
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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.
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>>>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]
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>>>I really liked Herb's response. Thanks.
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