[PRCo] Re: OT: WRM Menbers Day...

[Richard Allman]

Ed-the bright side is that us curmudgeons will have a good time w/ each 
other!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 1:22 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: OT: WRM Menbers Day...


> On my visit to WRM with John Swindler a year ago, I was very concerned 
> that
> we didn't see anyone under about 50 years of age.  Their management and
> rank-and-file are all in their 60s and 70s, and have been around since
> shortly after the earth cooled.  Nice people all, and they do a good job,
> but succession is a big issue (which they acknowledge).  All of us face 
> this
> to some extent; it's just more critical at some places than at others.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
> Schneider
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 11:21 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: OT: WRM Menbers Day...
>
>
> WESTERN HAS LONG BEEN ON MY LIST OF MUSEUMS WITH A SURVIVOR
> INSTINCT.   They do a very nice job.
>
> On Sep 9, 2007, at 6:35 AM, Jim Holland wrote:
>
>>  WRM is Western Railway Museum near Rio Vista, CA, not far from San
>> Francisco.     Thought you might enjoy these photos - or the Museum
>> people
>> will find some interest.     I met Kevin's Dad my first Sunday in
>> SF 30+
>> years ago - he is now retired but worked for Golden Gate - Kevin
>> wasn't in
>> Mike's planning stages yet~!~!~!
>> .
>> Muni had 5 PCC-Like vehicles which were called Magic Carpet Cars of
>> which
>> 1003 is one - several had Brill trucks so that might rule them out
>> as PCCs.
>>    The stipulation that a PCC is a PCC because royalties are paid
>> is what
>> gotthese cars in trouble  --  the royalties were included in the
>> purchase
>> price because the SF Charter disallowed royalty payments so for
>> many years
>> itwas thought that some of these cars were not PCC.     I am sure
>> we shall
>> hear more on this topic here~!~!~!
>> .
>> #178 is not too far removed from #1 which Muni owns, #1 being The
>> First Muni
>> Car which started New Muni Service in December of 1912 - yes, Muni
>> will be
>> 100-years old in 5-years but I should be gone from here~!~!~!
>> .
>> Cheeze__Whiz  --  that Crandic car looks as though it could be in
>> Iowa~!~!~!
>>     Didn't realize they had Wind Mills up there  --  wonder if that
>> belongs
>> to the Museum~?~?~?
>> .
>> The last photo is just the tip of Very Long Articulated Key System
>> Bridge
>> Unit which traveled across the Bay Bridge  (now being seismically
>> retrofitted)  into the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco, now
>> under intense
>> planning to be rebuilt
>> .
>> -------- Original Message -------- Subject:  WRM Menbers Day...
>> Date: Sun, 9
>> Sep 2007 00:09:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Sheridan <bay1 at ....l.net>[1]
>> Reply-To:
>> To:
>>
>>
>> I went to RVJ today for their annual members day. A few fellow list
>> members
>> where seen lurking around the property. A good time was had by all,
>> and I
>> have the pictures to prove it. Enjoy.....   Kevin Sheridan
>>
>> __,_._,___
>> --
>> Body
>>
>> Jim Holland
>>
>> Studying Pittsburgh Railways Company
>>
>> ....................From 1930 -- 1950
>>
>> Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM)
>>
>> http://www.pa-trolley.org/[2]
>>
>> N.M.R.A.
>>
>> http://www.nmra.org/[3]
>>
>>
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>> --- Links ---
>>    1 mailto:bay1 at ....l.net
>>    2 http://www.pa-trolley.org/
>>    3 http://www.nmra.org/
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