[PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha

[Ken & Tracie]

Thanks, guys.

K.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:47 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: "Johnstown" trolley at Kenosha


> 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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