[PRCo] Re: Russian___PCCs -was!

[Fred Schneider]

Fifty-four hundred is smaller than even I realized, Jerry.    Ouch.

On Oct 26, 2005, at 2:52 PM, <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> B
> Your home town sounds alot like my old hometwon of Donora, however  
> I am sure it is alot nicer.
> Donora lost all its industry and the town went from 14,000 in the  
> 1950s to 5400 at present.
> I  have been to Switzerland and love riding the trains, trams, and  
> all their transportation system.
>
> Jerry
>
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>> From: "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>
>> Date: 2005/10/26 Wed PM 12:09:33 EDT
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Russian___PCCs -was!
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>> My home town. But it changed so considerably over the years. The  
>> heavy
>> industry we had is now partly gone because we don't need steel for  
>> the Cold
>> War. The air in the downtown lost the smell of sulphur because the  
>> iron
>> furnaces and coke plants that were just adjacent the downtown are  
>> either
>> gone or defunct.
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>> Switzerland? All people who I know and they visited Switzerland  
>> sing songs
>> on this country. Railfans are in paradise. Some say that  
>> Switzerland was
>> built on railroads. That is not only the advantage of having a  
>> bank account
>> there!
>>
>> B
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:58 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Russian___PCCs
>>
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>>> Boris has his home town ...  I have my favorite places too.
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>>> On Oct 26, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Boris Cefer wrote:
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>>>> And this is what makes also small countries nice.
>>>>
>>>> B
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>>>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:01 AM
>>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Russian___PCCs
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>> I agree with Boris on this one.   There are thousands of those  
>>>>> little
>>>>> towns scattered across Europe.   We used to have them.   We  
>>>>> don't any
>>>>> more.
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