[PRCo] Re: Inbound // Outbound

[Schneider Fred]

Well, Ken, when our cities have become so dispersed that there is no  
downtown, there can be no inbound!!!!   (I laughing and the hernia  
hurts.)

On Mar 1, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Ken and Tracie wrote:

> 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?
>>
>>
>> Phil
>>
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