[PRCo] Re: History Channel

[John Swindler]

There was a story I heard from an older officer at Ft. Picket, Va. in early 1980s.  His father in law was in the German army.  When he visited his daughter and son-in-law in the US, they drove across the country.  After spending couple days crossing mid-west, he exclaimed that they never could have defeated the US - it was too vast.
 
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> From: ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: History Channel> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 08:55:37 -0800> > Can you believe the History Channel also mentions our old buddy Samuel > Insull in a positive light? For years, he was almost never mentioned and in > most history books, he was portrayed as a crook.> > Did you catch the following story in Trains a number of years ago? During > WWII, some German P.O.W.s were being taken by train across the country to > prisoner camp. When one of the Germans saw the behemoths in U.P.'s Omaha > yards, he stated that he knew then and there who was going to win the war. > He was reported to have said (I'm paraphrasing here), "We have toys when > compared to America's railroads."> > K.> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 8:29 AM> Subject: [PRCo] Re: History Channel> > > > Thanks, Dennis! I love this channel. Nazis blowing the tracks in > > Pennsylvania? Hmmmm...interesting.> >> > -- "Dennis F. Cramer" <dfc1 at windstream.net> wrote:> > This is not traction related, yet.> >> > http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=60696> >> >> >> > Dennis F. Cramer> > Trombone> > _____________________________________________________________> > Love Graphic Design? Find a school near you. Click Now.> > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/Ioyw6i4vGi42jWebAn9QKzTgEeCY5oMy4bpvYxMBcYimbgigmqsNmY/?count=1234567890> >> >> >> > > > 
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