1976 meeting

[Bob Rathke]

And now we know the REST of the story!


Bob 2/21



Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Back in 1976, when I was a 17 year old kid, I was shooting photos of
> PCCs at SHJ, like every other normal teenager. I was feeling bummed
out
> because I knew the relationship with my 16 year old girlfriend was
> crumbling.
>
> I spotted another fan shooting photos of a red/white/red 1600 with a
> hidious front trolley pole on it. I hailed the gentleman and we spent
> the rest of the day together riding,photographing and sharing
philosophy
> on this and that. He shared stories of his youth riding Pittsburgh
> Railways, about operators he knew, mishaps he witnessed. His colorful
> descriptions brought back to life the defunct PRCo within my mind.
>
> We rode a yellow/white/yellow 1600 (numbered as a 17, of course) to
Mt.
> Lebanon and shot a few more photos. We retrieved my father's car from
> the parking garage on Washington Road and this genetleman showed me
how
> to enter SHJ with an automobile.
>
> After all this, this fellow fan wrote his address on a PAT schedule. I

> remember it as being in Waukegan. I retrieved this schedule today from

> the box it has resided in for many years. I was wrong. The man
actually
> lived in Zion, Illinois.
>
> take a look and see ho that gentleman was:
>