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

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Hi, Rich,

Sorry to hear about your oops and hope that things are improving
satisfactorily.  We were in California when the initial messages came
through and there wasn't very regular email reading while we were there.

Ed 

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

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 Cl!
 ub 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