[PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC

[Edward H. Lybarger]

It was 1960.  I wasn't around and didn't ever know the primary complainer.
But Joe M. was certainly out of the picture! 

-----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: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:35 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC

Sounds very interesting, Mr.Lybarger - communists in the McCarthy era govt!


Phil



----- Original Message ----
> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Friday, May 9, 2008 1:15:35 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC
> 
> The "Communists" running the government were telling them they 
> couldn't be a club.  I wasn't suggesting they were LEGITIMATE concerns!
> 
> -----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: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:03 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC
> 
> Mr.Lybarger!
> 
> 
> Could you please clarify; what were the concerns?
> 
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Edward H. Lybarger
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Sent: Friday, May 9, 2008 12:55:00 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: the early years of PERC
> > 
> > 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" 
> > > 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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