[PRCo] Re: PSSST - WANNA BUY LOUSY PICTURES?

[Edward H. Lybarger]

We're well-stocked on the Co-Op brochures!

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
Harold Geissenheimer
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:53 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PSSST - WANNA BUY LOUSY PICTURES?



Greetings

I had the pleasure to ride with Bill after the war as he did his motorman
job.  I
enjoyed
seeing him many times on PRC trips.  I have really only known four West
Virginians
well.  Bill first, then Mel Courtney from Tunnelton was a Sgt in the Army(I
visited
with him and his family several times), then Stuart Rich, a College
Professor at
the
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (and a friend since high school in NYC)
married a girl from Richwood and I went to the wedding, then Samy Elias, a
transit professional at the
Universityof WVa..  He was of Egyptian heritage.  He built the people mover
and
later was at WAMTA.  All good people.  I gave several classes for both
Stuart
and Samy.

My first visit to West Virginia was to Bluefield to ride the small Tri City
traction
at the end of the war.  Steve McGuire had a photo story of this unknown line
in
Railroad Magazine.  I went by bus from NYC to Roanoke and then Consolidated
bus lines to Bluefield.  Quite a trip.

Wheeling was much more active then than now.  I went to the WWVA Jamboree
several times.

COOP was a product of the depression.  The employees formed the coop to
save the system.  They put new front ends on several cars.  They saved their
jobs.  They issued a nice small booklet before the war that told their
history.

DOES PTM have a copy?

I also had the pleasure to know Cliff Scholes when he was stationed near NYC
after the war.  He came regularly to ERA Hq and we made many trips together.

Harold Geissenheimer

Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/28/03 3:35:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> fschnei at supernet.com writes:
>
> << Sadly, bus drivers are not the world's wealthiest people, particularly
in
> a small city. >>
>
> Bill Gwinn would have spent his last dime to feed a railfan or help
someone
> out.  He drove bus after 4/48 until his retirement.  He finally bought a
used
> car in about 1963 or 64, the first he had ever owned.  He lived on the
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