[PRCo] Re: New Railway Properties

[Fred Schneider]

You do have to admit, Ed, that the Westside Zephyr was an  
instructor.   And it was you who let the cat out of the bag.   I  
wasn't going to tell them that we were given the opportunity to run  
that night.   In all my experiences, I thought it was a lot more fun  
running a train through the streets in a Latvian city two summers  
back.   It's a totally different feeling watching in the mirror for  
the last car to come out of the curve before nothing up again.

On Mar 15, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Its primary function seems to be to give members of other museums the
> opportunity to run MATA cars in service on the streets without first
> determining whether such persons are the least bit qualified to do  
> so, and
> without instruction of any sort about MATA's own operation.
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> I was appalled at this laxity when Fred and I visited there several  
> years
> ago...it would not happen at PTM.
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> Ed
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> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
> Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James
> B. Holland
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 5:27 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: New Railway Properties
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> Fred Schneider wrote:
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>> How about the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority in Dallas?      They
>> actually fill a transit need and DART makes up their operating  
>> losses.
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> Hi Fred:
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> This one cracks me up  --  could be paraphrased:::
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> McKinney Avenue Transit  I-S  Successful.......
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>              .......Except when it is not!!!
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> You mention it is worked by volunteers and uses paid workers when
> volunteers not available and they still incur losses(?)!!!       Makes
> me question the Need They Fill!
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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!!!!!!!
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