[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Schneider Fred]

Somethings always die hard.   One night a guy on our train from  
Harrisburg needed a ride home so I drove him home on my way home.    
He offered m some money.   I refused.   He wanted me to take it  
saying, "The Traction Company wouldn't haul me for nothing."   Well,  
the traction company expired in 1931.   The transportation company  
tied in 1973.   We were now in the era of a transportation  
authority.   But he still remembered.

And to old people like me, it's still the Shaker Rapid or the Piss  
and Whistle and the Pennsylvania Railroad.

I'll bet there are still people in Pittsburgh who still think in  
terms of car checks.


On Jan 28, 2009, at 7:07 AM, Ken and Tracie wrote:

> When I left Milwaukee in 1985, the transit storage facilities were  
> still
> called "car stations."
>
> I've met people in Pittsburgh who use the term "car fare" in parts  
> of town
> where mass transit is all bus.
>
> K.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 8:01 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland
>
>
>> Old legends die hard.
>>
>> I will also never refer to a certain line to Norristown as SEPTA
>> route 100.   To me it's still the P&W.
>
>