From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:27:50 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >> We even rode the BMT's Lexington Avenue El on a regular basis while it   
   >> still was standing because he loved the "gate cars" and the multiple   
   >> bell signals to the motorman.   
   >   
   >SEPTA's Liberty Liners carried two trainline signals for the motorman--a bell   
   and a buzzer.   
   >The doors were manual and two conductors were required to operate them.   
   >One conductor signalled via bell, the other via buzzer.   
      
   IIRC on the Lex L there was a conductor where each car coupled to the   
   next.  The signal line - a rope that went the length of the car with a   
   single-stroke mechanical bell on each end - worked by the rear-most   
   conductor pulling "two bells" in the penultimate car.  The next   
   conductor "up the line" would hear that in his tail-most car, and   
   repeat the signal with the rope in his next-forward car.  Eventually   
   the motorman would get "two bells" from the bell in the head car, and   
   relying on that would take off.   
      
   Ah, the memories!   
      
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   Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR   
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