[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Bus Roll Sign For Sale

[Barry, Matthew R]

Route 53 Carrick in the streetcar days of the Railways and early PAT.   Now 53 is "Homestead Park,"   a route that is slated to be canned come September.

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Dwight Long
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:10 AM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Bus Roll Sign For Sale

John

That’s right about the lettered routes, but my point was that the “streetcar replacement” numbers were not correct, in that they took a streetcar route number and assigned it to a different bus route.  Very confusing if one were used to the “correct” tram route number.

Denver did the same thing.  It messes me up every time I go out there.  For example the South Broadway-Englewood line, which should be route 3, has a completely different number.  Not user friendly at all!

Dwight

From: John Swindler
Sent: Friday, 18 May, 2012 08:57
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Bus Roll Sign For Sale
  Just a suspicion that lettered routes were Pittsburgh Motor Coach and numbered routes were streetcar replacements.  Guess this is a Manchester roll-sign.  See attached from PAT's Planning Department, circa 1964.  (seems like just yesterday)
> From: dwightlong at verizon.net
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> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways Bus Roll Sign For Sale
> Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 07:58:07 -0400
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> Barry
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> Several route numbers from the tram era have been recycled with different meanings!
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> Dwight
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> From: Barry, Matthew R
> Sent: Thursday, 17 May, 2012 14:11
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Bus Roll Sign For Sale 
> http://www.homerweb.com/vintage/50s-PRC-Pittsburgh-Railways-Co-Bus-Clo
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