[PRCo] never shoulda gotten rid of P&W Strafford line...

[richard allman]

since I am on vacation this week,after breaking it up for 1/2 day for urgent hospital mtg., thought yesterday great day for walk, and my favorite trail is the Radnor Township trail, the long -abandoned P&W line-a nice 5 mile round trip, and several station abutments still readilly seen. walked from parking @ milepost 1.8 to the start of the trail. On way back, between Sugartown Road and South Devon Rd.(check out Ron DeGraw's superb history "Pig and Whistle"), suddenly stumbled ,looked in the air and saw my feet, shattered my sunglasses, tore my face open in multiple spots on the paving, and most importantly fractured my right shoulder in multiple places and will require reconstruction of it next Wednesday @ my hospital. After the fall, walked back to car, covered w/ blood(scaring lots of kids along the way) and drove to Bryn Mawr Hospital ER where friend in high places Rich Crooks shift chief of security and more importantly, immediate past president of East Penn Traction Club waited w/ Suz and me while I waited for evaluation, x-rays, and CAT scan. Rich C. showed that for all our quirkiness and arguing about trolley stuff, push comes to shove(or fall), East Penn is good family! If the troleys were still running, never woulda happened-too bad no one rode them...RICH