[PRCo] Re: More PRCo Trivia

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I think they were shipped inside the cars, uninstalled.  Hunter Illuminated
Sign Co. made them.  I don't know if the subsequent signs were made by
Hunter or in the shops.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Herb
Brannon
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 6:58 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: More PRCo Trivia

I checked many St Louis Car Co "builders photos" of PRCo PCCs and found that
PRCo was the REAL "transits' stepchild", not the trackless trolley bus.
Every other property in the US and Canada received their PCCs with
destination signs except Pittsburgh. To me that would seem like going to a
shoe store and getting a 40-cent reduction in the cost of a $125.00 pair of
shoes by not getting the laces and reusing your old ones. It just doesn't
seem practical especially when the destination sign was part of the price of
the car. In 1949, 15 to 20 feet of canvas, two strips of copper edging, some
black printers ink, and the screen-printing would not have been that much to
really fill the PRCo treasury with loads of money. Also the PCCs in the SLCC
builders photos appear to have the Earll Trolley Retrievers installed. Maybe
PRCo removed them and returned them for a couple dollars of credit. Talk
about being cheap !!

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell
<pcc_sr at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Most cars were delivered without signs weren't they.  A number of 
> photos are attached as evidence.  I believe Mr.Lybarger wrote this 
> reduces cost.  Signs, fare boxes, fare registers, and a number of 
> other items are installed upon delivery.  Cars were sent to Homewood 
> where they were inspected, these and other items installed, and then 
> sent to a barn.  It appears the catcher is another item installed 
> after delivery doesn't it.
> Signs in Pittsburgh contain destinations only for the barn not the 
> whole system.  It is easier to make that determination after delivery 
> isn't it.
>
>
> Phil
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> ________________________________
>  From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:36 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: More PRCo Trivia
>
> I thought of that too. 1794 and 1796 with such different spellings on 
> one aspect and yet the destination signs were installed at St. Louis 
> Car Company prior to shipping.
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM, BobDietrich 
> <bob.dietrich1 at verizon.net
> >wrote:
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> > But how did they manage to get different roll signs in the same 
> > series car two numbers apart?
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park