[PRCo] Re: Block numbers

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> B wrote:
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> Is anybody familiar with the system of block numbers
> which was used by PRCo? Typical examplex might be:
> A2, C1, D3, 24, EX... I don't know what else did
> exist and I do not know what type of service the
> individual blcks provided.
> Tx.
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We may need a definition~!~!     Is this the number displayed on the 
trolleycar itself or something that scheduling would use?
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In SF we display the _Run_Number_ while many / most other places display the 
_Train_ number.
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A _Run_ is the schedule for the operator / driver for the day.
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A _Train_ belongs to the trolleycar and is its complete schedule for the 
day.    A _Train_ can consist of one or more _Runs_  --  i.e., _Train_0301 
is the first bus out on the 03-Jackson at 6.30-AM and the last bus on the 
3-Jackson into the barn at 2-AM.     Three different drivers (_Runs_) drive 
the bus on its schedule for the day.
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_Block_ is used In San Francisco to refer to a group of runs chosen by an 
Operator // Driver to work.     Operators // Drivers work 5-days  --  _Runs_ 
can go out 5, 6 or all 7 days of the week and an individual _Run_ can have 
Sat/Sun Hol off, Sat/Sun off, Thu/Fri off, Mon/Tue off etc.     The days off 
for these runs are assembled into 5-day groups and given a _Block_ Number 
which is then chosen in seniority order by an operator // driver for his 
work schedule for the next several months.
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-- 
Jim Holland 

Studying *Pittsburgh Railways Company* 

....................From 1930 -- 1950 

*Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM)* 

http://www.pa-trolley.org/ 

*N.M.R.A.* 

http://www.nmra.org/