[PRCo] Re: Inbound // Outbound

[Ken and Tracie]

You rode the NSL, Milwaukee Road or C&NW "down" to Chicago, or "up" to 
Milwaukee. Heading west from Lake Michigan was "out" and heading east 
towards the lake was "in".

I called the local transit system here in Las Vegas two weeks ago and 
inquired about an "inbound" Route 106. The twenty-something woman paused and 
then asked, "Do you mean 'southbound'?"

I'm getting old..........

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Robb" <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:03 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Inbound // Outbound


> It's not just inbound/outbound. Most companies designated a direction "up" 
> or "down" as internal working policy. Transfers on some properties showed 
> the direction of travel as up or down, marking the direction of travel 
> without the public knowing what was going on.
> Bill
>
> This is a  'curiosity'  item -- trivia question -- even  'nit-picking' 
> inquiry.  Direction
> of trolleys on  'city routes'  generally inbound heading to downtown hub 
> and outbound
> heading away from the same.  What about Interurbans?  By definition they 
> travel
> between at least two  'cities'  don't they so direction could be 
> considered  'relative to'
> any one of them.  Bottom line would find the Interurbans based in one city 
> so direction
> could be considered relative to it -- i.e., the PRC Washington Interurban 
> would be
> 'Inbound'  heading to Pgh. because that is where the interurban is based.
>
> Is there any  'official'  protocol for designating interurban direction?
> Is compass direction preferred for interurbans?
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> Phil
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