[PRCo] Re: Baggage Rack & Other INterurban Equipment

[Greg King]

Thanks Ken,

Hey, I don't mind helping out, in 98 my friend and I visited RVJ and did
some restoration work on the Melbourne W2 they have there.

Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: Kenneth Josephson <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 2:11 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Baggage Rack & Other INterurban Equipment


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> Bob Rathke wrote:
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> > Greg,
> >
> > No, you wouldn't want to go all that way and wind up like Chevy Chase at
an
> > empty Wally World in the movie, "Summer Vacation."
>
> Fellow IRM member Bob Baier was antiquing with his wife on the way home
from Steam
> Town. They ping-ponged all over Pennsylvania, checking out old coal mining
towns,
> etc. They wound up in Washington after the museum closed for the day.
After nosing
> around, they were approached by a member. Once this member found out Bob
and
> Sonseeahray (she changed her name from "Barbara" after she discovered she
was one
> eighth Native American) were railfans and IRM members, he got permission
to pull out
> 1711 and take them for a couple of runs up and down the line. Bob thanked
him and
> donated $50 on the spot.
>
> That's the sort of people you'll find at PTM. But be warned.......on my
first visit,
> I was immediately put to work helping a guy working on a platform and then
hauling
> supplies for Scott Davis. If Ed hasn't rescued me so we could ride the
Drake line
> that evening, I would have been helping someone clean out a switch
mechanism. :-)
> Ken J.
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