[PRCo] Re: A Little Off Topic (Pennsylvania Rail Fan Ray Whitter)

[Bob Rathke]

Ken,

I am in contact with Erie and E-L historical people, and I also know a Los
Angeles railfan whose brother was a Disney animator interested in rail
subjects.

Bob 8/22/04

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From: <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:14 PM
Subject: [PRCo] A Little Off Topic (Pennsylvania Rail Fan Ray Whitter)


> Hi All,
>
> I just wanted to ask if any of you knew rail fan Ray Whitter, originally
of
> Scranton, then of Maryland. He was an Erie and later, an Erie-Lackawanna
> fan. He worked for N.A.S.A. He was also a friend of Disney animator and
rail
> fan Ward Kimball. Ray enjoyed railfanning all over Pennsylvania and the
Mid
> Atlantic region and may have had ties to the Baltimore and D.C. trolley
> museums.
>
> Ray passed away in 1979. My wife has known his daughter, Wendy and her
> husband, Keith for several years. It was only tonight that I discovered
> Wendy's father was "one of us."  She plans to go through her father's
> memorabilia to see if he has any photographs, slides, etc. relevant to our
> interests.
>
> Please e-mail me off list if you canshare any stories about Ray.
>
> K.
>
>
>