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

[Schneider Fred]

See what the others have to say, Herb.   I'm close enough.


On Aug 14, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> FIRST ITEM:   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:   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
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