[PRCo] Pa PUC Toilet Laws

[Dwight Long]

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Does anyone on this list recall, or have copy of, Pa. PUC regulations affecting interurban railways with regard to provision of toilet facilities?  I seem to recall that they were related either to distance, or time in transit, or both.

In particular, I am interested in how they applied, or did not, to the PRC interurban lines. Older interurban cars had toilets, PCC interurbans did not.

As a subset of this enquiry, I would also like to know how the Railways dealt with access to the toilet when the cars were operating in city streets.  With two man operation this would not be a real problem, but when they went to one man operation, it seems unlikely that the operator would stop the car and lock the door before entering onto the street in the many towns where the track was in the street, then stop again at the end of the street trackage and unlock the door.  Did they just rely on signs saying not to flush when on city streets?  Obviously these were DOT toilets--no Microphors in those days!

Any thoughts or facts on these questions will be appreciated!

Dwight Long