[PRCo] Re: Conductor Question

[Joshua Dunfield]

I don't know, but I'm forwarding this to the "PRCo" list, whose members no
doubt have the answer.

Best,
-j.

KJMDZME at aol.com wrote:
> I had a conversation with my Dad and Husband about Streetcar Conductors in  
> the past.  I remember riding in street cars and having a "changing of the  
> guard"  in other words a driver would get on and replace the other driver  who 
> would get off.  Bus drivers may have done this too in the past.  I  could be 
> mixing the two up in my memory.  I was fairly young when the  switch from 
> streetcars to buses happened.  
>  
> I pretty much road the Brighton Rd bus and streetcar before that and am not  
> sure if they switched out on the route or downtown.  I am thinking it was  
> downtown.  I even remember them carrying their little satchels and maybe  some 
> even had seat cushions.  
>  
> My Dad doesn't seem to agree with me.  I went online to research a  little 
> and came upon your site about the Loops and so am asking you if you know  about 
> how drivers switched off and on back then.  My Dad seems to think  they did it 
> back at the car barn.
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Karen Z
> 
> 
> 
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