[PRCo] Re: WP

[Fred Schneider]

Search again my friend.  I've seen one somewhere at the museum.  It was white on
blue.  I might have seen it in Vincent's basement if not at the museum.

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> The Phillips line had a white on green sign...this "blue" was another case
> of Bob Brown's memory not being 100%, and I take responsibility for the
> error.  The Hunker route did not have its own sign, as nearly as we can
> determine.  Main Line cars alternated trips on this route and just used the
> regular signs.  West Penn destination signs were always an approximation,
> anyway!  Phillips cars never went north of Connellsville, on either route.
>
> Youngstown-Baggaley tripper signs were white on red; through cars to Hecla
> carried green signs.  The latter once went on to Scottdale (and Meadow Mill
> until it closed).  Too bad there was no color film in those days (or a
> surviving sign).  But I'll bet they were green, at least in later years.  We
> have one picture of 831 at Latrobe barn in 1939 with a Scottdale sign, and
> it looks just like the other Latrobe signs (yes, even with B&W films
> differences show!).  But the only photo of a Meadow Mill sign is a pre-1922
> shot of 204 (it went to P&AV that year) at Swedetown on the old track.  The
> sign reads MT. PLEASANT  SCOTTDALE  MEADOW MILL and the background appears
> to be about the same shade as the car, which would have been dark green.
> But the sign could have been red, too...or black.  Black is more logical,
> since it wouldn't have duplicated a color from Scottdale north.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of James
> B. Holland
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:29 AM
> To: - 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC -
> Subject: [PRCo] WP
>
> Greetings!!
>
> Pg.09 of the PRMA WP book indicates that the  'Back'  Line had a white
> on blue destination sign.       Is this:::::::
>
> 1.>--    Greensburg to Uniontown through Hunker,
>              Leisenring, Phillips??.......
>
> 2.>--    or Greensburg to Uniontown through Hunker,
>             Dunbar??.......
>
> 3.>--    or Connellsville through Hunker to Greensburg?
>
> Pg.09 of Volkmer's Color book including WP shows what  *appears*  to be
> White on Green from Connellsville through Phillips to Uniontown.
>
> And I also saw a Red on White Latrobe, Youngstown Baggaley sign in the
> book as well, pgs.21 and 24.       PRMA book indicates that Latrobe is
> White on Green, but that may be Hecla to Latrobe shuttle.
>
> Jim__Holland