[PRCo] Re: train travel

[Ken and Tracie]

"Usually a foamer has a hard time seeing the whole picture and we do warn 
our  new operators about them at PTM."

Hee-hee...........yeah, send Ed L. or Fred the Third after them! They'll get 
those foamers' minds right!

Ironic as it is, I had NO interest in politics until I begain studying the 
Dameron Era at PAT.  Nothing like mixing railfan romance, urban politics and 
practicality for the common good to get an interesting story.

I have remarked to Ed Lybarger, Harold G. and Fred the Third that the 
grassroots efforts to save the remaining South Hills car lines brought 
together a political mix seldom seen in the modern era of mass transit.

But I do keep a low profile about my affinity for all things rail when I am 
around railroaders. There is a Union Pacific engineer I know through our 
daughter's Girl Scout troop with whom I get along great. He has no idea I am 
a railfan. And he even suggested a cab ride someday, if things ever calm 
down concerning security and such.

When I was a volunteer at the original East Troy Trolley Museum, a couple of 
unnamed C.E.R.A. big shots came by for a ride one day and tried to "play 
dumb" to test our knowledge. I never understood why anybody would get their 
jollies that way.

K.