[PRCo] Re: Trolleys

[Harold G.]

Greetings to all

Moscow may have coped New Yprk subways.  The IRT
had colored lanterns on the front roof.  Much of Moscow
duplicated New York/  Harold Geissenheimer

-----Original Message-----
From: Boris Cefer <westinghouse at iol.cz>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Monday, March 07, 2005 4:05 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Trolleys


>And also other cities in other countries on other continents used colour
>destination signs for people who couldn't read. An example might be Moscow
>in Russia. They had two colour lights, one at each side of the front
>destination box and this practise was still commont in the late 50s. When
>Tatra delivered first T2 PCC cars, some cities called for the colour
>destination signs, which was a reason for the manufacturer to introduce
>polyglass parts in the construction of rail vehicles (starting in 1961),
>because the roof ends would be too difficult to made of steel. But I can't
>find any evidence of that the Russian cities would eventually use the
lights
>to insert colour glasses, and if they used it, then only in the early
years.
>Boris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Harold G." <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:26 PM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Trolleys
>
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>> greetings to all
>>
>> The Mexico City Metro has long used pictographs
>> to identify stations in addition to words.   A system
>> does what it has to do..
>>
>> In Pgh we used red destination signs for express bus
>>  and green for 35 cent limited stop buses  Like
>> Shadyside.
>>
>> Harold Geissenheimer.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AProchek at aol.com <AProchek at aol.com>
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> Date: Monday, March 07, 2005 2:20 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Trolleys
>>
>>
>> >Yes it is.... West Penn apparently used color coded destination signs
for
>> immigrants who didn't understand the language.  Ha - how's that for
>getting
>> back on topic!
>> >
>>
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