[PRCo] Re: Another of 4398

[Edward Skuchas]

My compliments to the museum volunteers and staff--the restored cars look better than new.
Ed
On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Fred Schneider wrote:

> Thought you guys might like one more picture of 4398 last weekend.     This shows the ticket holders who paid the $4 extra to tour the Trolley Display Building (a.k.a. Blimp Hanger) leaving the car at "Allison."     The man waiting for them is ageless ... that's Art Ellis, who worked for Pittsburgh Railways in the scheduling department and is now 90 years old.    He was giving the tour last Saturday.   
> I have to wonder if Pittsburgh Railways ever had this many people on a double-ended car after the trunk routes were all converted to single-end low-floor cars and the double-enders were relegated to transfer lines.   Maybe 99 or 59 in the rush hours.....   Perhaps.   
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> The second picture shows Art just as he got out of his car to conduct the tour.   I wish I was in as good a shape today as he is at 20 years my senior.
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