[PRCo] Re: Next Car Light Question

[John Swindler]

Hi Art
 
Were you the only ones waiting for the car??
 
Drivers/motormen tend to know their customers when service is infrequent and they have picked a particular run.  They knew your mother and they knew where she was going on a Sunday morning.  You were watching the trolley - you were not watching to see if your mother signaled the motorman she did not want the Charleroi car.  
 
That's one of the problems I have when visiting small systems - getting the driver to stop at the bus stop.  He knows his customers, and I'm not one of them.  That's why, when I set up the appointment, I tell the manager that it's ok to let his driver's know that a stranger will ride a couple of the trips.
 
John 
 
> From: trams2 at comcast.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Next Car Light Question> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:38:13 -0400> > Perhaps Tom Phillips could shed some light on this. > > -----Original Message-----> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred> Schneider> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 4:24 PM> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Next Car Light Question> > Have no idea. Perhaps he knew your mother was a Donora passenger? > Perhaps at certain hours the Donora cars did the local work in > Monongahela? (Remember that the Castle Shannon cars did all the > local work in the rush hours between Pittsburgh and Frederick > Street). I never saw anything in the timetable about Donora cars > running local and it does not make sense because there could have been> people who would have wanted to get on and go to Charleroi so my thought is> that the motorman recognized the people. I've given you > the speculative answer. The honest answer is Fred doesn't know.> > > On Jul 11, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Jerry MATT Matsick wrote:> > > Fred -> > When I was just a youngster in the 1940s we would ride a Donora car to > > Monongahela and attend a church there, upon return we would stand > > across the street from the FBC in Monongahela and> > The Charleroi car would come by and not stop? We would wait and > > get on the Donora car? Why would> > the Charleroi car not stop?> > --> > From the RIVER CITY by the Sea!> > Jerry "Matt" Matsick> > J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida !> >> > > > 
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