[PRCo] Re: Block numbers

[Boris Cefer]

That was later in PAT days. When did PAT seal the train number boxes. I 
believe it was some time in the late 70s.

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:11 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Block numbers


> With Pittsburgh Railways Company this was called the "train number". Each 
> route began numbering cars, sequentially, as they went into service on 
> each route. For instance, the first car out on 42/38 would be Train Number 
> 01, the second car going into service each day would be Train Number 02, 
> and so on. Thus, the entire Train Number for the first 42/38 car out would 
> be 3801, the second car out was 3802, and so on. Each operator had to 
> enter the 'train number' on his/her "Day Card" (which was placed in their 
> "Day Book") which had to be filled out at the end of each "half-trip" with 
> the "Fare Register Reading" and the "Total Number of Passengers Hauled". I 
> have old PRCo "day cards". PATransit kept things the same until 1978 with 
> the exception that the "Train Number" was changed to "Block Number". After 
> 1978 PATransit started using a computerized version of the "Day Card" (I 
> also have these on hand) eliminating the need for the operator to fill in 
> the entire run schedule each
> day; only the 'register reading' and 'passengers hauled' had to be written 
> in.