[PRCo] Re: Fw: Don Galt

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Several years ago I had the pleasure of a visit from Don one day at the PTM
Library....a real gentleman who had a lot of brains.  Always sorry to lose
people like that. 

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
Schneider Fred
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 4:51 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fw: Don Galt

I think we all owe a lot to Derrick for making this list what it  
is.   There are other groups that rigidly police the subjects.   You  
can only talk about this trolley line, you cannot deviate, and you cannot
really get to know people.

And then we have this list and because of it we have gotten to know people
like Don Galt.

No.   Fred did not personally meet Don.

But Fred has had the distinct pleasure of personally meeting Mark,  
Herb, Ken, Derrick and several others.   I saw the Grateful Fred on  
Saturday.  I wonder how Fred Brunn is doing because we don't hear  
from him often and he is one of those I've met.    I'll see Rich  
Allman on Friday.  I don't know why I'm here ... perhaps because Ed or John
Bromley or Jim Holland told Derrick to contact me in the first place.

If it had not been for Derrick allow us to run the list our way, the loss of
Don would not have meant so much to some of us.

Thanks Derrick for letting us be us.



Fred


On Feb 2, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Mark McGuire wrote:

>  I didn't know Don personally, but will say that on a few occasions he 
> returned a few of my list post off list. He was a class act for sure 
> and my regret is that I never had a chance to meet him in person and 
> shake his hand.
>  My prayers go out to Don and his family.
>
> -- "Ken and Tracie" <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Am shocked, to say the least and am still gathering my thoughts.  
> The loss of
> Paul Weyrich a month ago, some family deaths and losses in friends'  
> families
> since November.
>
> Don was a wonderful human being who freely shared knowledge, his wit 
> and his dry sense of humor.
>
> A major loss to both the traction community and his friends.
>
> K.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard C. DeArmond" <dearmond at sfu.ca>
> To: "etb site" <etb-news at sfu.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:41 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Don Galt
>
>
>> Sad news:
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. DeArmond,
>>>
>>> I am writing to report the sad news that my brother, Don Galt, 
>>> succumbed on January 19 to the cancer for which he had been 
>>> undergoing treatment for about a year.
>>>
>>> He clearly cherished your online friendship:  I found your name and 
>>> e-mail address on a brief list of friends whom Don wished to have 
>>> notified.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Alan Galt
>>>
>>> 3025 Paseo Estribo
>>>
>>> Carlsbad, California
>>>
>>> (760) 930-0654
>>>
>>> alangalt at fuse.net
>>
>> Don was one of the first members on my etb-news lists and he was also 
>> one of the first contributors of photos to my site. I will always 
>> cherish these photos. Most are on the Seattle site and a a couple on 
>> the Portland site. He also contributed photos of a few other cities.
>>
>> Sincerely, Richard
>
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