[PRCo] Re: My Trip To the Trolley Museum

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Ed
Hopefully and Lord willing, will come to "convention" with Mark M.
Look forward to see you all and PT 
Jerry M
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> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>
> Date: 2007/03/26 Mon AM 09:55:45 EST
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: My Trip To the Trolley Museum
> 
> It was great to see Herb after 8-10 years!  We were actually instructing
> yesterday, thus the dispatching presence.  The new operators were learning
> and practicing radio procedure, all the while avoiding the regular service
> car.  The problem solving occurred in between car movements!
> 
> The PA Turnpike has doubled the eastbound toll from the Ohio line to Route
> 19, and eliminated the return payment.  In their infinite wisdom, everyone
> travels both directions and therefore pays the same.  It also saves time and
> reduces employment.
> 
> We seem to be getting good positives on the "convention."  If we like those
> November dates (the weekend before Thanksgiving, I'll commit to them and
> will develop some activities from which to choose.  The only hook right now
> is that it will probably be at least another week or ten days before I can
> do anything.  Today and tomorrow are pretty full, and we leave Wednesday
> morning until Sunday night.
> 
> Thanks for your patience.
> 
> Ed
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Herb
> Brannon
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:12 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] My Trip To the Trolley Museum
> 
> 
> I actually made it to PTM today. It was a really nice day here on the U.S.
> North Coast and also in Western Pennsylvania. Sunny and temps in the high
> 60s and low 70s. Ed Lybarger was there multitasking as a researcher for one
> group and also dispatching cars along the line. He and I were able to get in
> nearly two hours of fine conversation and we, in theory at least, came up
> with solutions to all the problems of humanity.
> 
>   The NOPS car (832) was out along with car 78 and another PST car. There
> were a decent crowd of visitors checking out the cars and displays. I plan
> to go back in two weeks but get there earlier than my 2:30pm appearance
> today.
> 
>   Things have changed so much at both the museum and in the Pittsburgh metro
> area. The museum has really grown and developed nicely. Business and
> residential developments have sprung up in places were farms used to be,
> hilltops have been shaved off and are now topped with office buildings and
> traffic is worse than ever. PAT buses look strange to me now. The color is
> odd and most have the advertising wrap which I am not a fan of. The
> Pennsylvania Turnpike was another strange item also. Going to Pittsburgh I
> did not get a ticket at the Ohio/Pa border like I used to get. Several miles
> into Pennsylvania one stops at a toll plaza and pays a flat fee of $3.00. I
> got off the turnpike at Rt 60 and did not have to pay any other turnpike
> fees. But then, coming back to Cleveland I got on the turnpike at Route 19
> in Wexford and, of course, did not get a ticket. I went all the way to the
> Ohio Turnpike and did not have to pay coming back home. There are no toll
> plazas between Pittsburgh
>  and Ohio, westbound. A mystery to me !!
> 
>   All in all a wonderful Sunday afternoon is Western Pennsylvania.
> 
> Herb Brannon
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