[PRCo] Re: (No Organization: Enjoying Retirement!

Derrick J Brashear shadow at dementia.org
Sat Jul 12 09:14:51 EDT 2008


And you sent it 4 times and it converted the picture to a url 4 times :)

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Richard Allman wrote:

> Toronto, but on the roof and ok not in the US. Since the site has been so
> tame of late, just to stir things up, I was thinking about PCC's(yeah I know
> I ought to get a life!) and thinking about what cities had 2 different
> systems w/ PCC's. What I came with: St Louis: SLPS and Illinois Terminal-no
> brainer-ba-da-bing; LA-LARwys/LATL and PE; Philadelphia-PSTCo. and PTC-if
> Fred allows that Red Arrow St. Looies were real PCC's; Cleveland-CTS and
> Shaker Heights. THEN if you stretch it and include Metro areas, Brooklyn and
> Newark and if you really stretch it-Baltimore and Washington-but that
> Metroplex will never be allowed! Attached is photo of the HO Red Arrow St.
> Looies  I amde w/ huge help from Bob Dietrich! RICH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 4:03 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: (No Organization: Enjoying Retirement!
>
>> St. Louis and Brooklyn had them on the dash above the headlight.
>> Washington DC had them to the left side (as you faced the car) of the
>> destination sign.   The similarity beteen Brooklyn and St. Louis is
>> probably because Bill Rossell had moved between the two cities before
>> the first St. Loui order was placed.
>>
>> I cannot think of any other cities using this, Jerry.
>>
>> fws
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>> On Jul 11, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Gray, George wrote:
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>>> I don't remember such a thing in Pittsburgh.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Jerry "MATT" Matsick
>>> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 12:39 PM
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: (No Organization: Enjoying Retirement!
>>>
>>> I've got a question about PRCo and the "next car light"?   I don't
>>> remember them?
>>> ** Next Car Light:
>>>       Some (but not all) cities used what they called a "Next Car
>>> light". This was an extra Red light on the front of the PCC car which
>>> the motorman could turn on and off as needed. When turned on, it told
>>> the passengers waiting at the next stop, that this streetcar would not
>>> be stopping, either it was "full" or "out of service" and heading back
>>> to the car barn
>>>
>>> --
>>> From the RIVER CITY by the Sea!
>>> Jerry "Matt" Matsick
>>> J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida !
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message from Fred Schneider
>>> <fwschneider at comcast.net>: --------------
>>>
>>>
>>>> You have to watch this flick of Fast Freddy at work......
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9ACh4mAEt8
>>>>
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