[PRCo] Re: PTM__Equipment__Acquisition

[James B. Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:
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> When I started at the Baltimore museum 17 years ago I had a lot of 
> people who remembered semi-convertibles. I have not had many lately 
> who even remembered PCCs on the streets of Baltimore. I get a lot of 
> questions about why does it stay on the track, what makes it go, is 
> that the engine (the air compressor) and parents who refer to it as a 
> train or Thomas to their kids. Like it or not, that's our world.....

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And this is why I don't like the business end  --  people who haven't a 
clue nor an interest in what they are doing at the museum except to fill 
in some spare time.       Often find the museums to be depressing for 
this reason.       While riding the Montreal style observation car at 
the Edmonton, Canada, museum in 1988, someone exclaimed:::::::       
"""Look  --  here comes the Trolley!"""       as we approached the 
siding.       Cheeee, on what was I riding?!       Amusing in a sense 
but Not At All Like Riding the TrolleyCar when it was Really Doing Its 
Work.       I prefer to remember those times I actually spent on 
TrolleyCars without nonsensical chatter which detracts from the ride.
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I do Not like the docent experience  --  I just like to experience the 
ride.       Don't distract me from enjoying the ride  --  talk to me 
some other time or give me literature explaining the car.       The ride 
is too short as it is  --  let me alone and let me savor it.
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For me, all this detracts from the memories and reminds me that it is no 
longer around to enjoy As It Was.       I'd like to keep my memories intact.
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Jim__Holland
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I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!
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down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!