[PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC

[Edward H. Lybarger]

That is correct.  And how a couple of the early members howled about it! 

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
Clark Campbell
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:33 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC

Hi Mr.Bruhn!


The operative word here is  'club'  --  Pittsburgh Electric Railway Club.
Just guessing here but  'assume'  a  'club'  cannot have tax exempt status
thus the change to PRMA.


Phil



----- Original Message ----
> From: "Fredbruhn at aol.com" <Fredbruhn at aol.com>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 4:54:13 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC
> 
> I guess it is time I throw my two cents worth in.  I joined up  
> indirectly about 1958, and I may have even paid dues that early.  I 
> only  remember Redman, Bowker, Scanlon, Bartley, and Rinney Galbreath as
regular faces  at  the
> meetings at the Y on Wood Street.   Harry Bartley would  sit at a small
desk 
> just
> inside the room assigned to the meeting and have his  photos for sale.  
> 1138 was Dick Bowker's decision, his car, but I can't  tell you why he 
> picked that car.  Did 1138 run on Ardmore as that is where  Dick lived,
perhaps still does.
> 
> Other youngsters who would show up  included John Baginsky and Rick
Hannigan. 
> John was active at Arden but  didn't survive a back operation about 
> 1960.  I think Galbreath bought  M1, which John Wilkins sometime later 
> rear ended with the West Penn loco or  another car.  Rinney was a 
> story in himself.  Lived in Taylorstown, Pa  and played the ladies 
> within his own age group.  I heard he finally found  one with money 
> and I never saw him  again.  As Ed said Brown owned  3756 and lived in 
> Phila. by 1958 or so.  I wasn't aware that Scanlon was
> 
> part of that ownership.  In 59 or 60 Rick, John and I went with 
> Scanlon to visit 722 and do some roof patching wherever it was near 
> Fairchance with 2 other cars.  They were sitting side by side at a 
> small amusement part and we drove the alternate main
> line and could see the slag ballast like the rails were still  there.   My
brain 
> 
> also reminds me that 832 was the last car  painted by West Penn, but 
> don't take that to the bank unless Ed verifies  it.
> 
> Fred Bruhn



 
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