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Re: 30th Street Station
Author: John West
Date: 08-01-2010 - 18:23

When I lived in Philadelphia circa 1966-68, one of the highlights of 30th Street was the train status board, which was very elegantly hand written in chaulk. I noticed over time that it was not just one agent, but apparently a tradition or job requirement in which all or perhaps most of the clerks who worked the job learned the elegant style. It is one of the many things I wish I had taken pictures of, but of course I expected it to be there forever, since it was still the Standard Railroad of the World even if things were getting a bit shakey by then.

JBWX

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  30th Street Station MP 44.7 07-31-2010 - 23:42
  Re: 30th Street Station Espee99 08-01-2010 - 18:02
  Re: 30th Street Station John West 08-01-2010 - 18:23
  Re: 30th Street Station (Train Status Board) MP 44.7 08-01-2010 - 19:47
  Re: 30th Street Station (Train Status Board) PVWB 08-02-2010 - 12:37
  Re: 30th Street Station (Train Status Board) MP 44.7 08-02-2010 - 22:19
  Re: 30th Street Station Freericks 08-01-2010 - 22:49
  Re: 30th Street Station MP 44.7 08-01-2010 - 22:55
  Re: 30th Street Station Tom McCann 08-01-2010 - 23:26
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  Re: 30th Street Station Mitch 08-02-2010 - 01:32
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