[PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

[Dwight Long]

Fred

But there WAS in the PCC era, short turn service between Charleroi and Elco.

Also, there was (inexplicably) a reading in the PCC interurban sign rolls of FINLEYVILLE.

PITTSBURGH was a useful reading to distinguish cars going through.  You are right, though, that it was used in the minority of cases.  Motorman laziness, I guess.

Dwight
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Schneider 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Saturday, 30 October, 2010 19:09
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans


  What year?

  WASHINGTON
  CANONSBURG
  PITTSBURGH
  CHARLEROI
  RIVERVIEW
  CASTLE SHANNON
  LIBRARY

  After about 1952 two other signs were added for off peak service to distinguish local service in the non-rush hour periods 

  SHANNON-WASHINGTON
  SHANNON-CHARLEROI

  In 1953 you can add

  SHANNON-LIBRARY
  SHANNON-DRAKE

  The Pittsburgh signs were seldom used.   That would be like taking an 8-PERRYSVILLE sign and changing it to PITTSBURGH.  Everybody was supposed to know an inbound car was going there.   In the early years there were cutback like extra service between Washington and Canonsburg but that didn't happen in the PCC era.   




  On Oct 30, 2010, at 10:44 AM, rayprco53 at verizon.net wrote:

  > Hello, I know this was posted before but I can't find it. Could someone repost the route destinations 
  > for the two interurban lines? I talking about the PCC roll signs.
  > 
  > Thanks
  > 
  > Ray
  >