[PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha

[Bill Robb]

The roof mounted blueish-green Advance Light was
intended to make an approaching streetcar visible to
passengers at night. Advance lights were first
installed in 1936 when dash lights were also added to
TTC streetcars.

Along as Toronto had PCC cars you could always spot an
approaching car at night by the advance light.  It was
a different greenish colour than traffic lights. That
little light would often be visible before you could
clearly make out the front of the streetcar.

Bill Robb


--- Ken & Tracie <ktjosephson at earthlink.net> wrote:
> This may sound like a dumb question (I'm a dumb
> person), but what is the 
> purpose of that little do-hicky light TTC streetcars
> have above their front 
> destination signs?
> 
> I've been wondering about that for years, but have
> never gotten around to 
> asking John Bromley nor Rob Hutchinson about
> that.....
> 
> K.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> To: "Pittsburgh Trolley List"
> <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Cc: "Norb Nathanson" <norbn at localnet.com>; "Bob
> Jr.-Home Lutz" 
> <srx7racer at alltel.net>; "Jim Farrell"
> <jim.farrell at cox.net>; "Rich Bowers" 
> <Dashingrobo at aol.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:17 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha
> 
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> > On the way to Milwaukee yesterday I stopped by
> Kenosha and rode and =
> > photographed the "Johnstown" car.  I've visited
> Kenosha several times a =
> > year since 2000, and I believe this was the first
> time that I saw the =
> > "Johnstown" car out on the line.
> >
> > See attached photos of the trolley and the JTC
> logo.
> >
> > I also stopped for lunch at Trolley Dogs, a
> restaurant one block from =
> > the trolley line.  They have an LGB-gauge trolley
> running around the =
> > inside of the restaurant, and some O and HO gauge
> PCC's on display, plus =
> > trolley photos.  And like the real trolley
> outside, the restaurant was =
> > jammed with visitors.
> >
> > Bob 5/22/05
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