[PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

[Herb Brannon]

Hardly "motorman laziness". The proper way to set destination signs at both
PRCo and PATransit was to set the sign and forget it until you changed to a
different line or ran a 'short turn' out of downtown. Then the sign was
changed to the new line designation or to the short turn terminal. *This is
what was taught by the Instruction Department.* No one was being "lazy".
This method prevented the passengers from being lazy. Passengers had to know
in what direction each terminal was, from their location, when boarding a
car or bus. So now you don't have to "guess" any longer.
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 02:18, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
>  >
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park