[PRCo] Re: Thanksgiving Weekend Hobby Show

[richard allman]

for a bibliophile, the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore @ around 35th 
and Walnut is fabulous. An easier way for Fred's proposed loop is MFSE to 
69th St., then Route 100(aka P&W) to Bryn Mawr, then back on R5 to 30th St.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:54 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Thanksgiving Weekend Hobby Show


>I suggested he ride the el and the P&W to Villanova, walk across
> campus, then take the Paoli local to Paoli and then get his train to
> Greensburg.
>
> One should never overlook the art museum either ... a short taxi ride
> from the train station.
>
> http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/current.html
>
> And then there are all those places that the Daughters of the
> American Revolution would want you to see ... Independence Hall, the
> First Bank, the Second Bank, Elfreth's Alley, some of the old
> churches, Betsy Ross's house on Arch Street, and the Valley Forge
> National Park but he needs to save all that for another day.
>
>
>
> On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:10 AM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
>
>> Mütter Museum of Medical Oddities isn't too far away, and is quite
>> unconventional
>>
>> Derrick
>>
>>
>> On Nov 21, 2009, at 4:46 AM, "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>> From: Schneider Fred <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Thanksgiving Weekend Hobby Show
>>> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:06:20 -0500
>>>
>>> Friday, Saturday and Sunday.   Will I see yins Friday?
>>>
>>>  I'm hoping you'll see me. I'll be in Greensburg Tuesday evening and
>>> am trying to keep Friday open for a visit to PTM. No guarantees
>>> though as I will have no wheels. On that front, I'll be stuck in
>>> Philly Tuesday morning between 10:00AM and 12:42 PM at the 30th
>>> street station. Yes, I'm riding Amtrak all the way from Jax. I have
>>> absolutely no clue what I can do to kill off 2.5 hours in a city
>>> that I'm no familiar with. Is the area safe to wonder?
>>>
>>> On Nov 18, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hm. I'll be in Robinson "black friday" morning. does Santa Trolley
>>>> run
>>>> on Friday, or just Saturday (busy) and Sunday (dunno)?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Schneider Fred
>>>> <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> For those who might be in the Philadelphia area on Thanksgiving
>>>>> weekend:
>>>>>
>>>>> East Penn Traction Club members will be setting up modules and
>>>>> running model trolleys in the Clothier Auditorium at Bryn Mawr
>>>>> Hospital from 10 to 5 on Saturday November 28 and from 11 to 4 on
>>>>> Sunday November 29.    I would imagine that two of the members on
>>>>> this list and perhaps three:   Bob Dietrich, Rich Allman and Ed
>>>>> Skuchas will be there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry guys.   For the last 15 years, Fred Schneider has operated
>>>>> Santa Trolley weekend at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum and this
>>>>> year will not be an exception.  But if I can't be there I tried to
>>>>> publicize it if any of the group might be in that end of the state.
>>>>> Dennis ... you visiting relatives in the Philly area for turkey
>>>>> this
>>>>> year?
>>>>>
>>>>> fws
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Derrick
>>>>
>>>>
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