Friday Quiz

[Fredbruhn at aol.com]

Just answered the prev. email about the PRCo. ticket you sent me, and see you 
are a fellow member of our Pittsburgh chat group.

I have been interested in PRCo. since the mid 50's.  I attended Bethany 
college in W.Va. not far from Little Washington and spent a fair amount of 
time at Arden in their early years.  My West Penn experience started in 1951 
with a sighting of a 700 car while on vacation with my parents and then I 
found a copy a copy of the PERC
West Penn pub. in 1953 I think, plus the Trains mag article in March 50 and 
that about did it.  I was hooked.  My Whg. years started before the end of 
operation and were renewed in 1955 when I met the late WJB Gwinn, a motorman 
and railfan.  We remained good friends until his death.  I still have 
relatives in Whg. and visit the city
now and then.  

I have really enjoyed the PIttsburgh group and thanks to Derrick for setting 
it up.  I think we have all benefited from it.  He is building an HO modual 
of SHJ and I am completing the benchwork for an HO West Penn / PRCo. layout 
of 6 x 16 using the MTS WP 700's, PRCo., early and late 1000's and a 1700 
which isn't here yet.  Many of the structures will be as close to prototype 
as I can get, with a terminal that should look like Greensburg, car barn 
layout about like the Co-Op's island barn from Wheeling, and so forth.

Thanks again for the info on the ticket.  Hope it works out for both of us.

Fred