[PRCo] Re: PCC #1776

[John Swindler]

>Harold Geissenheimer related:
>
>Greetings to all
>I made my first fantrip near the end of the War at age 16. It was on the 
>Third Ave Ry in the Bronx.  I lerned about it in Steve Maguire's Electric 
>Lines in Railroad magazine. Thats  how I learned about the ERA as well
>
>But I was allowed to go to the 1939 Worlds Fair at age 11 after my father 
>took me twice to show me the subway way. By age 13 I had travelled the 
>entire NY subway system
>


>
>The cities were safe and I was allowed to go every where
>
>CTA had a good Explorer Scout program to bring suburban kids into Chicago 
>on Treasure hunts.  Teach them there was a world outside of school buses..
>
>Harold Geissenheimer
>


Speaking of teaching kids.......

We took our church's youth group to visit the Smithsonian on Saturday.  Only 
we did it my way.

Dropped the van at Greenbelt Metro station (free parking on weekends) and 
then Metro to Union Station with the $6.50 day pass.  This was the 'airport 
terminal' of the early 20th century, except they don't build airport 
terminals like this.  The kids were impressed.  Also basement food court was 
a good location for eating bag lunches, which are not allowed in 
Smithsonian.

After sampling couple of Smithsonian buildings, Metro to Thai restaurant at 
King St. station in Alexandria.  Lots of assorted ethnic restaurants on King 
St. Then Metro back to Greenbelt.

First 'transit' trip for all the kids, and all favorably impressed by Metro. 
  And as Harold said - showed them that there was a 'world outside of school 
buses' (and automobiles)

For those of us fortunate to grow up in Pittsburgh years ago(notice how I 
slipped back to topic<g>), we knew that school buses were not the norm.

I went into a bit of detail in case others might want to consider a D.C. 
visit.

John




>
>John Swindler wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >>Fred Schneider asked:
> >>
> >>John Swindler wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Why I'm surprised, Boris.
> >>>
> >>>I would have thought that in your other life you arranged the route for
> >>>
> >>>
> >>this
> >>
> >>
> >>>charter. (:>)
> >>>
> >>>I remember this fantrip because it was on my birthday +/- a day or so,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>and
> >>
> >>
> >>>it was the first fantrip that I went on by myself.
> >>>
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>From: "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at volny.cz>
> >>>>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >>>>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> >>>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: PCC #1776
> >>>>Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:19:47 +0200
> >>>>
> >>>>Are you sure, John? I don't remember that charter :->
> >>>>
> >>>>Boris
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
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> >
> >>AND HOW OLD WERE YOU.  I WAS 13 ON MY FIRST FANTRIP ... BALTIMORE
> >>TRANSIT 5748 ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1953.   MEIN GOTT.  ES WAR VOR 51 JAHREN.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >I was 11.  But it was two years later before I was let loose to joy ride
> >with Sunday-Holiday Passes.  And the first Sunday Pass trip was inbound 
>on
> >64 to Oakland, then 77/54 to northside, then 18 to Woods Run, then
> >everything kind of merges together over the next six years.  <g>
> >
> >Any regrets?  Only that I didn't point my camera more often at various
> >things.
> >
> >It's scary how many years ago that was.
> >
> >John
> >
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