[PRCo] Fwd: Passing of Dave Mewhinney

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

> "Andy Brusgard" wrote:
> 
> Members and friends of NYSME
> 
> It is with deep sorrow and regret that I received word today that New
> York Society of Model Engineers member Dave Mewhinney has lost his
> battle with cancer. He passed on peacefully at home in Illinois early
> this morning surrounded by his family.
> 
> During the years that Dave lived in the New York area he was very
> active in the Society. Many of us smiled, even laugh, at his unusual
> selection of equipment. One rather long yellow and brown passenger
> train comes to my mind.
> 
> Of course, I knew how ill he was, we e-mail back and forth a few
> times over the last months, but still, I hoped that I would get to
> see Dave again. A few of us from the New York Society are going to
> Chicago in March for the "O" Scale Train Meet and had hoped that he
> would be well enough to attend.
> 
> In recent years Dave has become famous for his Dave's Electric
> Railroads web site. Most likely the largest collection of electric
> traction photos on the web
> See:
> http://www.davesrailpix.com/
> 
> Please know that all the members of the New York Society of Model
> Engineers offer their deepest condolence to Dave's family in their
> time of sorrow.
> 
> Andy Brusgard
> New York Society of Model Engineers
> www.ModelEngineers.org