[PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The PITTSBURGH destination was used on the PCCs until probably 1951.  A
couple things happened around this time:  the third PRCo came into existence
at the end of 1950 (and I'm not sure just how relevant that would be to this
issue), and the restriction against local traffic on the interurbans north
of Castle Shannon was lifted, which produced the Shannon-Charleroi and
Shannon-Washington curtains.  That's likely when they quit displaying
PITTSBURGH.

Maybe the answer lies in the Transportation Department Order files, maybe
not.  Don't know if I'll have time to dig for this for a while.

Ed

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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
>