[PRCo] Re: A Change in Scenery

[Bob Rathke]

Ken,

You're welcome to link to any of my Pittsburgh photos found at
http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/other/lightrail.html

Bob 10/9/01

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Josephson" <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 12:58 AM
Subject: [PRCo] A Change in Scenery


>
> After two years of dealing with tempermental Milwaukee fans (mostly
> "temper" 'cuz they're "mental"), I am considering pulling the plug on my
> Milwaukee traction site.
>
> I am much younger than most of the hardcore Milwaukee fans and I haven't
> been around the ones I knew twenty years ago. Trying to break into this
> clique has been an exercise in self-punishment. Most of the ones with web
> sites ignore my efforts and few  have linked with my site. Some have been
> somewhat generous, but these arrangements always seem to be conditional
> relationships, tenuous at best.
>
> Now here is where it ties in with Western Pennsylvania traction. I offered
> my 10MB site to my wife to use as a cyberspace family scrap book. She
> declined, since she is too busy with other pursuits.
>
> I've been looking through the Roberta Hill collection and discovered that
I
> have the makings of a decent Pittsburgh site. I figured a site dedicated
to
> the East End or North Side car lines would be fun.
>
> All of you have been very helpful with  identifying Pittsburgh locations,
> sharing your personal stories, etc. And these lines outlasted Milwaukee's
> by ten years, offering fresher, more recent memories. Besides, none of you
> hoard what you have. You are all very generous and helpful. In fact,
> members of this list have offered or provided more Milwaukee stuff to me
> than the Milwaukee fans have!
>
> I plan to maintain the Milwaukee site through October and perhaps
November,
> since I already planned and scanned the images for that month. I may have
a
> change of heart by then and keep plugging away at it. But in case I don't,
> I'd love to hear from you and see what you suggest for my proposed
> Pittsburgh site.
>
> Ken J.
>
>