[PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans

[Dwight Long]

Ed

The PITTSBURGH reading was used sporadically up until the end of the Charleroi and Washington lines.  It may well be that PRC instructions changed when 37 was axed as a full time route, and that the use of PITTSBURGH on inbound interurbans was just a "habit" from the old days and not company rule.

Dwight

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Edward H. Lybarger 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Sunday, 31 October, 2010 11:57
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Roll signs Interurbans


  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

  -----Original Message-----
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  [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred
  Schneider
  Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 7:10 PM
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
  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
  >