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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> <BR> <BR> <BR>The McKinney d.e. PCC came from Trolleyville, not Seashore.<br> <BR><div>> From: allmanr@verizon.net<br>> To: pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 18:23:23 -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] McKinney Avenue restores another car<br>> <br>> did not know that! Maybe I might just send them a few $$ toward its <br>> restoration unless it's a near total loss.<br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider@comcast.net><br>> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <br>> <pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org><br>> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 5:18 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] McKinney Avenue restores another car<br>> <br>> <br>> They have one.<br>> <br>> <br>> On Aug 4, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Richard Allman wrote:<br>> <br>> > too bad one of thee-Dallas PCC's has not made its way to MATA instead of<br>> > languishing @ Seashore<br>> ><br>> > ----- Original Message ----- <br>> > From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider@comcast.net><br>> > To: "Western PA Trolley discussion"<br>> > <pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org><br>> > Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 10:09 AM<br>> > Subject: Re: [PRCo] McKinney Avenue restores another car<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > And, Herb, it overflows into all the other states because no textbook<br>> > publisher wants to produce two editions
one for the Texas Board of<br>> > Schoolbook Censors and one for the rest of the country. So we all get<br>> > history rewritten to satisfy Texas.<br>> ><br>> > I never got a decent U. S. History course until I took one through the<br>> > University of Maryland when I was in the army. I still haven't had a <br>> > good<br>> > World History course because our view on world history is our own history,<br>> > i.e. European. We presume, in writing world history, that Africa, South<br>> > America and Asia do not exist.<br>> ><br>> > You might like to read two books by James Lowen. One is "Lies My Teacher<br>> > Taught Me" and the other is "Lies Across America" --- all those things you<br>> > are told on historical markers and at various tourist sights. When I<br>> > picked up the second book, I looked to see first what might be included <br>> > from<br>> > my own area. It was there, a chapter titled "You came to see the house,<br>> > not hear about the man." The people that preserved President James<br>> > Buchanan's home tell you all about the house; they forget to tell you he <br>> > was<br>> > gay. I'll leave you read it yourself to see what was missed. Great<br>> > things like road signs telling about massacres
indians cause them
in <br>> > the<br>> > case Lowen wrote about Mormons did it and then wrote the sign to blame it <br>> > on<br>> > the native Americans.<br>> ><br>> > http://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Teacher-Told-Everything/dp/0743296281<br>> ><br>> > And if you think Lowen is lying
I have a great friend, a college<br>> > professor, who was asked to write a history text for high schools. After<br>> > he signed the contract, then the publisher told him who would review it <br>> > for<br>> > accuracy
i.e. which women's group, which black rights group, which <br>> > Spanish<br>> > activist group, etc. In other words, he had to write it to please <br>> > certain<br>> > groups and he had to pay them for editing his work too. Fortunately, <br>> > just<br>> > as he had finished chapter one, the publisher was bought out and they paid<br>> > him to get lost because they didn't want two competing lines of textbooks.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Aug 3, 2013, at 10:23 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> All over Texas they have a habit of "rewriting" history to suit<br>> >> themselves,<br>> >> including textbooks for use in the Texas public schools. I'm sure they<br>> >> think they have a gosh-darn Peter Witt operating.............all the rest<br>> >> of the world is wrong.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Fred Schneider<br>> >> <fwschneider@comcast.net>wrote:<br>> >><br>> >>> We had a discussion here about certain cars in Cleveland not being Peter<br>> >>> Witts
.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Well here is a video tape of a car they are calling a Peter Witt and<br>> >>> "sure<br>> >>> a God made green apples," it isn't. It was at one time but when Dallas<br>> >>> went one man, the center doors were received. I would love to see <br>> >>> proof<br>> >>> that Mr. Witt collected royalties.<br>> >>><br>> >>> The trucks are not right on the rebuilt car either. Originally it had<br>> >>> Brill cast frame trucks with coil springs over the journals and the<br>> >>> bolsters resting on elliptical springs hanging from the frame cord.<br>> >>> These<br>> >>> cars never had MCB trucks in revenue service.<br>> >>><br>> >>> But it looks nice.<br>> >>><br>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuTiycs88ME<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> _______________________________________________<br>> >>> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> >>> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> >>> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br>> >>><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> -- <br>> >> Herb Brannon<br>> >> *In Pittsburgh...The Paris of<br>> >> Appalachia<http://www.arc.gov/appalachian_region/TheAppalachianRegion.asp><br>> >> *<br>> >> Let's Go Bucs<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> -------------- next part --------------<br>> >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> >> URL:<br>> >> http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20130803/863ddcff/attachment.html<br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> >> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> >> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> > Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> > https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> > Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> > https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br></div> </div>
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