[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Schneider Fred]

Do they wear red and black hats?

On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:18 PM, John Swindler wrote:

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> There are still "transit checkers" in Pittsburgh.  PAT has seven.
>> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff  
>> In Cleveland> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:50:30 -0500> To:  
>> pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > 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 Pittsburg!
>  h 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.> >>  
> >> >
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