[PRCo] Re: Reminescent of Pittsburgh

[John Swindler]

Yea, right, Fred.  
 
He wasn't a prisoner at Auschwitz if he claims he was liberated by the US Army.  Auschwitz was liberated by the Russian army.  
 
John
 
 
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Reminescent of Pittsburgh> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:17:26 -0400> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Thanks, Bill, for posting. I know it isn't Pittsburgh but then you > know I'm always in favor of learning something new.> > I wanted to see those Silesian interurban lines and they were on my > list of things to do but I only had time for Warsaw, Krakow and > Poznan when I made my only trip to Poland. Seeing the interurbans > would have required me to have had to avoided things like the rebuilt > Jewish quarter in Warsaw and Auschwitz and the beautiful old city of > Krakow from which the last Pope came. I have to tell you that the > tour of KZ Auschwitz was the most memorable of all the concentration > camps I've seen because one of the people on the tour politely told > the guide she was in beyond her depth. When she asked why he had > any right to challenge her credentials, his response was, "I was > imprisoned here. I am bringing my son back to show him where I lived > until the U. S. troops liberated the camp in 1945." The guide > vanished into the woodwork and this wonderful old man from northern > New Jersey concluded the tour. Had I ridden the interurbans, I > think that man would have still left the stronger impression.> > On Jun 2, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Bill Robb wrote:> > > This is a page I stumbled upon while searching for a defintion of > > interurban. It's a system in Poland near the border with Russia and > > Germany. You'll see red and cream cars, blast furnances, passing > > sidings in streets, private right of way operation and as the page > > says "the chronic lack of funds is visible on every step" Only > > urgent repairs are being made to rolling stock and infrastructure. > > But still there are relatively modern cars on wide headways like > > Pittsburgh. Popular with the railfans too.> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Interurbans> > http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/urbtr/sl-dabr-inurb.html> > Bill Robb> >> >> >> > 
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