[PRCo] Re: Pa PUC Toilet Laws

[Schneider Fred]

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On Feb 22, 2010, at 12:13 AM, Dwight Long wrote:

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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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> Any thoughts or facts on these questions will be appreciated!
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> Dwight Long
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