[PRCo] Re: Power Off

[Fred Schneider]

One of the common industry problems is one you just disclosed, Bob.    
The industry had very limited funds to inform the public.   You don't  
know and often the public didn't either.

Pittsburgh Railways established FIRST CAR, SECOND CAR, THIRD CAR, and  
I think in a very few very busy places, FOURTH CAR loading zones.    
Once a car had stopped at any one of those positions, it would not  
stop again for passengers.

I think that the last time this was every publicly announced was in  
the system map that PRC distributed before World War II.   After that  
you were probably on your own to learn what they meant.

Somewhat easier to understand were the signs reading CAR STOP or BUS  
STOP or SUNDAY ONLY CAR STOP (at churches and cemeteries).

Some cities like Baltimore simply painted a white band around a pole  
and you were supposed to know that was a car stop.

Conestoga Transportation Company, here in Lancaster, Pa., had a  
stencil that produced a vertical line on a pole and a wrapped line  
around the pole in the middle of the vertical line ... they painted  
yellow through the stencil on the nearest utility pole.  You also had  
to know that if there was one on that side of the street, it also  
applied to this side of the street in rural areas!

Woe is me.

And then the lawyers would say to the driver, "Were you in the stop?"  
when some one was injured.   What stop?

On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:01 PM, ROBERT R ROCKWELL wrote:

> Speaking of wire hung signs. Is the "second car" sign for the  
> benefit of driver or passengers ?
>
> Robert Rockwell
> w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>
>
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