[PRCo] Re: FWS at work

[Schneider Fred]

Art is an enigma to me ... a year ago when he had his 88th birthday  
they posed him balanced on a highway guard rail next to a route 88  
sign!  Now he is 89 and still working as an instructor, a  
photographer, a store employee and the museum patriarch.

I first met Art more than 40 years ago when I showed up unannounced  
at the "Pittsburgh Electric Railway Club." He invited me over for  
dinner and then pulled out 8mm movies of Boston and Los Angeles for  
me to enjoy.   Imagine it guys.   Movies of brand spanking new Los  
Angeles Railway PCCs in two-tone yellow in 1940 or 1941!

And Art isn't a man who is stuck in the mud either.   Sunday night he  
asked if I wanted to go to dinner with him.   I asked how he felt  
about Mexican and he said he could go for that.   When we walked in  
to the restaurant, he looked at the girl who was obviously Mexican  
and said to her in Spanish, "Dos."

Long may the king reign.

On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Dennis F. Cramer wrote:

> Personally I would sooner play Santa than be the motorman/ 
> conductor.  Never
> having children, it was always a joy to see the smiling faces.
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> The reporter must have been on one of the early or late trips, as  
> the car
> looks rather empty.  I never had that luxury.
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> Kudos to Art Ellis, the photographer in the picture.  He has been
> volunteering since the beginnings of the organization!!!
> Dennis F. Cramer
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