[PRCo] Re: Run numbers

[hrbran99 at adelphia.net]

what block number does it get?  
> >Something after the last normal block of the day?  Or the next block that 
> >has not gone out?
> >
> 
> 
> Maybe it gets "XX"  I don't know.  But that would be an example of a "put on 
> time" car.

Cleveland accomplishes block numbers for "extra" service with 9901 to 9999. To have more than 99 extra units out would/should never happen. RTA has no route 99 so they picked that for the extras. Operators call Traffic Control before leaving their station to get the 99-series block number assigned.

Also, both PRCo and PATransit had/have "Car On Time" / "Coach On Time" cars and buses but no Put On Times. They are COTs not POTs. I used to really like working a COT. They also used a special "day card" for COTs. Operators noted each on time trip leaving the end of the line and recorded the vehicle number changed off with.  

Herb