[PRCo] Re: John Bromley's slides
Matt Barry
mrb190+ at pitt.edu
Tue Jun 25 12:26:30 EDT 2002
Doggone it - I missed this!!!!!!!!
I had a graduation party and some other family things I had to attend.
Rats...............
Macmarka at cs.com wrote:
>I too had a wonderful time in Washington this past weekend. I'd like to thank
>Tom Phillips and Fred Schneider for taking us on a fabulous tour of what once
>were the PRCo interurban lines. I want to go back sometime and check them out
>in the winter. We weren't able to see some parts due to the heavy foilage. I
>can now look at some of the photos I have and picture the location. What a
>difference! Saturday evening was fabulous. I
>would also like to thank John for putting together a first class slide
>presentation. John probably has the best slide collection around. He removed
>all the "garbage" so there wasn't a bad one in the bunch.
>I was somewhat depressed when 1711 was in the barn not running when I arrived
>at PTM. At the intermission of John's show, however, I was elated. The folks
>at PTM had 1711 and 3756 waiting for us to take a night ride. Forgive me for
>being so blunt, but I almost creamed my jeans on that ride. I hadn't ridden a
>Pittsburgh PCC in 20 years. What a sight she(1711) was all lit up at night!
>Exterior-wise, 1138 looks even better than 1711. Makes me proud to be a
>member of such a fine organization. The 20 or so "regulars" should be
>commended for the time and effort they put into the museum. I'd like to say
>thanks to all the folks at PTM for the first class treatment I recieved.
> I'm sorry Derrick that I never got to say goodbye. I hope you had a nice
>anniversary.
> Mark McGuire
>
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Matt Barry
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University of Pittsburgh
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