[PRCo] Re: Streetcar Loops

[Ken & Tracie]

For the most part, I've given up trying to confuse people with the facts.

Somebody has a web site covering abandoned amusement parks. His site has a 
blurb requesting additions and corrections. He chose to ignore the 
information I provided him.

Another guy has a web site pertaining to wig-wag crossing signals and those 
crossing signals with the motorized stop sign. I sent him PHOTOGRAPHS of 
some survivors along a former C&NW line. He thanked me, but refused to add 
my contributions until somebody HE knew could travel to those locations to 
verify my information.

Then there was the guy with an insulator/power pole/railroad web site who 
stumbled across an old, no longer used streetlight pole in Wilkes Barre or 
Scranton. I forget which town. He mistook it for an old trolley line pole 
with a bracket arm. He asked if anybody could confirm if this was a line 
pole since it was along a former car line. I responded with scans of that 
particular type of street light and some other construction details 
indicating it was not a line pole.

The guy responded with a curt "thank you" and proceeded to let me know he 
needed confirmation from Ed Miller since I wasn't a "Pennsylvania trolley 
historian." He eventually received his confirmation from Ed. Ed basically 
made the same observations I did. So the guy corrected his web site and 
wrote a protracted "thank you" to Ed Miller, gushing about getting the 
information from "The greatest of Pennsylvania traction historians" 
(preceeding paraphrased.)

The moral of the story, Herb? It takes a big man to admit he's wrong. It 
takes a bigger man to keep his mouth shut when he knows he's right.

K.

P.S.- I accept corrections from more knowledgeable people when I commit 
factual errors on my web site. I also thank those who catch the errors  and 
correct me.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 6:37 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Streetcar Loops


> Perhaps someone should forward these messages to the webmaster at that 
> site. Why let them continue putting out bad information ?