[PRCo] Re: Conductor Question

[Fred Schneider]

Generally at barns but it could be any convenient location that you  
could get an operator to.   You were trying to maximize the work you  
got out of a person in eight hours.   One man might start out of barn  
and his relief might take over somewhere else.   Depends on the system.

On Apr 11, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Joshua Dunfield wrote:

>
> 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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