[PRCo] Re: November Gathering (my usual late entry)

[Frederick J. Sauerburger, M.D.]

Now that I've reopened my email, I'll just echo all of the kudos to 
Ed and the museum for a great trip.  I wasn't sure that right-of-way 
chasing was going to be very rewarding for me, but I certainly 
enjoyed the stops and up-close encounters with the industrial 
archeology on Saturday 's West Penn jaunt.  Thanks to Perfesser Fred 
III, I got to familiarize my self with operating Phila 
78------initially scary but a great experience.  The evening slide 
presentations were GREAT.  As Bob mentioned, I started my Mark 
McGuire style abutment photo collection with the West Penn bridge and 
Drake loop.  Thanks to Jim for the handouts and schedules, to Herb 
for the goodie bags , and or course to the Chief Systems Coordinator, 
Ed for all the logistical planning and handouts.

See yinz soon, I hope,

The Grateful Fred





At 06:38 PM 11/20/2007, you wrote:
>I also would like to thank Ed and everyone at the museum for the great
>weekend.  What stuck with me most was the way people, young and old but
>mostly young, wandered in to watch the slides on Saturday night.  PTM has a
>strong membership.
>
>Grateful Fred and I also took a roundabout way home on Sunday.  We first
>went to the Drake Loop for a look-see.  Fred's wife got the car at the loop
>every day when in school and he had not seen it before.  I think he's seen
>enough now.
>
> From there we went to Uniontown to see Ed W's "stuff" (I can't think of Ed's
>last name).  Ed is a buyer and collector and not a seller, he just keeps
>adding to the collection.  He has quite a collection of small cars like
>Crosley's, all in some sort of disrepair.  He also has a bunch of
>streetcars, all in a state of oxidation.  And a lot of anything you could
>imagine.  The upside of that visit was my first (and I believe Fred's first)
>entrance into a West Penn 700 car.  That thing is big, impressive, and
>falling apart.  It is too bad that his car and the PTM 700 couldn't be
>somehow blended into a refurbished monster car.  It would be something to
>see.
>
> From there we drove to my place and Fred went to see Charlie Grant's
>Wilmington to DC Pennsy layout on the way home - he hasn't been heard from
>since.
>
>Bob
>
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>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Mark
>McGuire
>Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:06 PM
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>Subject: [PRCo] Re: November Gathering
>
>   Ditto.  My only regret was that a few people closer to PTM couldn't join
>us. Although I've met Dennis and Ray, I've never met Matt.
>   I got to operate 1711 so I'm one happy camper!