[PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

[Fred Schneider]

Your personal opinion, Phil.

And why would that be any better than Philadelphia's system which drew a red slash through the route number for any short-turn?

Route 6 went to north to Willow Grove

Route 6 with a red slash through the number turned back at City Line and Ogontz Avenue ... the number alerted you to look at the destination.

And would 43 Neeld be any better than Toronto which put a SHORT TURN sign on the front of a car alerting the rider to look again at the sign?







On Oct 31, 2010, at 11:37 AM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

> Mr.Schneider;
> Any time this is referenced in publications it is acknowledged
> Prc had too many routes to have a separate destination roller.
> It is not laziness on the part of anyone; looking closely Prc was
> highly conscious of the public.  If needs were not met they
> didn't get their business.
> 
> 42-Dormont and 8-Perrysville are certainly far more revealing than
> Blue Line.  Is all the equipment painted blue?  Streets?  Houses?
> From what you say Dormont, Perrysville, McKeesport, Frankstown,
> Mt.Lebanon, Spring Hill, Fineview, Etna, Millvale, Sharpsburg,
> etc. etc. are not destinations.
> 
> Not one system is perfect; Prc worked and Prc worked better
> than those that had destination signs.  It is rare that passengers
> recognize the short turn destination sign clearly displayed
> beside the route;  they grumble loudly about the railway when
> it was clearly their fault.  Prc used 43-Neeld for a short turn
> Dormont which is far better than 42-Dormont-Neeld as opposed to
> 42-Dormont-McFarland isn't it.
> 
> Phil
> Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'
> 
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> ________________________________
> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 11:12:30 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans
> 
> And my father, who was new to Pittsburgh in 1928,
> disliked that system that PRC used because if you
> were unfamiliar with the geography,
> you had no idea where the car was going.  
> 
> Company laziness then if you don't like motorman laziness.
> While Pittsburgh had "route" signs, many other companies
> had "destination" signs.   Philadelphia for example would
> have displayed 10 63rd and Malvern o 10 City Hall via
> Subway not simply the outer destination or the route name.  
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