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Nostalgia & History > WP on Third St Oakland late 1960'sDate: 04/07/21 14:37 WP on Third St Oakland late 1960's Author: photobob Was the WP required to use the indicator lights as directional lights when making a turn off a street? The unit is 919-A.
Robert Morris Dunsmuir, CA Robert Morris Photography Date: 04/07/21 14:42 Re: WP on Third St Oakland late 1960's Author: valmont 2-3 trains would probably go by before I figured out what that sign meant, if at all!!!
Date: 04/07/21 14:52 Re: WP on Third St Oakland late 1960's Author: texchief1 Neat shot, Bob!
RC Lundgren Date: 04/07/21 16:11 Re: WP on Third St Oakland late 1960's Author: rusticmike6 No, the engineer should have put his had out and bent upward at the elbow to signafy a left t5urn. Just what we did before electronic turn signals.
Date: 04/07/21 16:20 Re: WP on Third St Oakland late 1960's Author: chakk rusticmike6 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > No, the engineer should have put his had out and > bent upward at the elbow to signafy a left > t5urn. Just what we did before electronic turn > signals. I learned as a left-side driver, so my left turns held the arm straight out, with right turns using the bent elbow. Date: 04/07/21 18:36 Re: WP on Third St Oakland late 1960's Author: PHall chakk Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > rusticmike6 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > No, the engineer should have put his had out > and > > bent upward at the elbow to signafy a left > > t5urn. Just what we did before electronic > turn > > signals. > > I learned as a left-side driver, so my left turns > held the arm straight out, with right turns using > the bent elbow. That's why you had a fireman, so they could give the hand signals when you were going to turn. Date: 04/08/21 08:57 Re: WP on Third St Oakland late 1960's Author: phthithu A look at the 3rd St. circa 1965 trackmap. There was a Baker and Hamilton on that block to the right of the train in the 1950's!
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