[PRCo] Re: My Website- August Edition

[Kenneth Josephson]

Hi Fred,

Thanks for the heads up. I have heard good things about Mr. Miller. I would like to
meet him someday, if only to thank him for his generous contributions to the hobby.

I have never met Bill Middleton, but he has my sympathy. It seems his reward for being
one of the pioneering authors in this hobby was to be browbeaten by foamers. I would
enjoy meeting him, too. I had to work odd jobs throughout the summer of 1972 to save up
the lousy twenty bucks to purchase a copy of "The Time of the Trolley."

Who was the person who authored "City Trains"? He used some of your "Classic Fred"
images throughout that book. His description of monorails as being "Yesterday's Train
of the Future" was a hoot. I used that line on a number Regional Transportation
Commission cronies here. Everybody who heard me say it laughed. Except for the RTC
people.

I still say a DART style LRV, with third rail pickup, running on welded rail, bedded on
cushioned concrete ties on an elevated structure would serve us better than the
monorail they are cramming down our throats. We could call it a "Super Rail" system. It
would look as modern as all heck and use conventional, proven technology. According to
major local newspaper, Las Vegas is approaching the population density of cities such
as Boston and Chicago. Yet they still insist more road construction is the only answer.
Beam me up, Scottie!

Ken

P.S.- During a 1995 visit to IRM, I convinced Nick Kallas to order "City Trains" for
the IRM bookstore. By the time he looked into it, the book was out of print. Books like
that tie current light rail systems to our traction heritage. That way, our
grandchildren may take a break from restoring Boeing-Vertols and Siemens-Duewags and
perhaps pull the tarp off a classic Jewett rotting in the corner of a museum carbarn to
give it a well deserved restoration......I can dream, can't I?