[PRCo] Re: Two Items Needing The Attention Of THE LIST

[JERRY.MATSICK]

Herb,   I would be happy to see pictures of the  Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Chicago cars parked on your tracks. 



Jerry M 

Jax, Fl 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:59:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [PRCo] Two Items Needing The Attention Of THE LIST 

FIRST ITEM: Â  For those who know of the contributions of Frank Julian 
Sprague to the electric railway industry you may also know that the date of 
his death was October 25, 1934. With that in mind, I would like to know if 
anyone on The List is interested in another "List Get Together" similar to 
the one two years ago? One weekend which matches the weekend timeline of the 
last get together is the weekend of October 23/24/25, 2009. It would be 
interesting to have the get together in honor of Frank J. Sprague and his 
contributions to the electric railway industry, specifically Pittsburgh 
Railways Company. I have been thinking of several PRCo type things that 
would be of interest to be done and will certainly enlist the help of any 
list members who want to help. However, first of all, is anyone interested? 

SECOND ITEM: Â  Saturday, September 5, 2009 is the final Cleveland Subway 
Tour of this year. It is between 10am and 3pm. A very interesting venue and 
lots of things to do and see. Also, if any members of The List would like to 
see the many streetcars and interurbans stored under the Terminal Tower in 
the Tower City Subway Station I will TRY TO ARRANGE for us to walk through 
the parked trolleys. This would depend on the mental attitude of the GCRTA 
management and Transit Police on that day. I normally have no problem with 
the Transit Police inasmuch as I know so many of them. I just took the 
District Director/Rail Operations to a meeting of the Cuyahoga Valley 
Railroad and got him signed up as a volunteer Trainman. Therefore, I don't 
think too much is preventing a walking tour of the stored cars unless World 
War III breaks out between now and then. Again, I need to know if anyone 
wants to see the Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Chicago cars parked on our 
tracks. 

-- 
Herb Brannon 
On America's North Coast