[PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

[Dwight Long]

Herb

This was true on city lines and was also true on the truncated interurbans after 1953, but was not the case with the interurbans prior to that.

Dwight

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Herb Brannon 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Sunday, 31 October, 2010 09:31
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans


  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