Pittsburgh in San Francisco]

[Robert E. Rathke]

About a week ago I sent Jim Holland a summary of the PRC night fantrip
held after the Saturday banquet of the NMRA Convention in Pittsburgh in
August, 1958. Without going into too much detail, the PRC cars lined up
on Grant St. in front of the William Penn Hotel to pick up convention
attendees for a ride to South Hills Jct., a stop on Grandview Avenue, and
then a ride on the Knoxville incline before returning downtown.  What was
interesting was that they used one PCC from each of the series from 1000
to 1700, plus some older double-end PRC cars (one of which I rode on the
fantrip).

After reading about Rege Cordic's passing, I recalled that he was the
guest speaker at the NMRA Convention banquet just before the frantrip. 
He made a humorous presentation along the lines of his morning radio
program, but emphasizing his railroad interests and family ties (his
father worked for the B&O).

Bob Rathke 7/10

  10 Jul 1999 11:43:33 -0400 "EDWARD H. LYBARGER" <twg at pulsenet.com>
writes:
>He died April 16, at age 73.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 3:29 PM
>Subject: Rege Cordic - [Re: Pittsburgh in San Francisco]
>
>
>> Greetings!
>>
>> Back in 1977 I wrote a small article for the NMRA *Bulletin* 
>updating
>> the traction scene in Pgh.  I had a picture of PCC 77/54 that was 
>used in
>the
>> article and while corresponding with Whit Towers, editor of the
>*Bulletin,* he
>> put me in touch with Mr. Cordic.  I sent him a couple copies of the 
>photo
>and he
>> autographed one for me and returned it.
>>
>> If a Memorial is scheduled for Mr. Cordic, I am assuming that he has
>> passed on but I, personally, was not aware of this.  Whit Towers, 
>too,
>passed
>> within the past three months.
>>
>> EDWARD H. LYBARGER wrote:
>> >
>> > Jon McGrew is preparing a memorial to Rege, to be presented at the
>Trolley
>> > Museum's "Old Pittsburgh Days" event July 24-25.
>>
>> --
>> James B. Holland
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>>               PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS COMPANY (PRCo), June of 1949 -- 
>June of
>1953
>>       Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) member #273;
>http://www.pa-trolley.org/
>> N.M.R.A.  Life member #2190; http://www.mcs.net:80/~weyand/nmra/
>>
>

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