[PRCo] Re: John Bromley's slides

[John F Bromley]

WHAT JUNK SLIDES????? I removed over half of what I had because no one
wanted to be there until 3AM including me.

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From: <Macmarka at cs.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: John Bromley's slides


>
> 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
>