[PRCo] Re: (No

[Edward H. Lybarger]

We will not be traveling if there is a foot of snow and 40 mph winds in the
east, regardless of the situation here.  No one will come to work in
Philadelphia to hear me, anyway.  I've had this happen before...one Sunday
about 1974 I drove from Pittsburgh to Rochester NY for a dinner meeting with
someone.  When I turned the corner at Buffalo I found a blizzard the rest of
the way; the toll collector seemed somewhat surprised when I got off the
Thruway, saying that the road was closed.  The man I was to have met called
and claimed to be unable to get out of his driveway. So now I do not go out
of my way to do someone else's business...besides, I retired, and was doing
this only because I had agreed to last September.

But I will miss the rest of the trip.

The oak tree hasn't moved.  It's amazing the number of brainless motorists
who refuse to believe the "ROAD CLOSED" sign and come up to stare at the
blockade, then try to figure how to turn around.  Doesn't make you feel good
about the future of humanity.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of
Schneider Fred
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 6:59 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Cc: Hiser Tom; Bob Vogel; Hermesky Michael James
Subject: [PRCo] 

In response to Dennis Cramer's comments about how bad you had it in  
the snow ... yes I know Pitty-burg had 21 inches.   My sister  
complained she couldn't use her symphony tickets and the buses  
weren't running Saturday night.   PAT was standing PAT.   In  
Washington DC, Metro did its usual stunt ... it went into hiding for  
the duration.   Metrorail in Washington still was running the above  
ground portions today evening though we were totally back normal in
Lancaster with 19 inches.
What did Fred do?   He went to Washington on Friday for Alan  
Schneider's retirement dinner from the Coast Guard.  The snow started  
at 11:30.   I bailed out at 12:04.   Every body else must have had  
the same idea ... in DC if you see a flake of white even though the  
roads or only wet, you are supposed to panic.   It only took 1 hour  
at 45 minutes to get from downtown to the outside of the beltway beyond
College Park on roads that were only wet, and I was halfway to Baltimore
before traffic was moving at 60 mph.

Alan said that two plows working his home parking lot put snow in front of
and behind his car and it took 2 1/2 hours for him to  
extricate it today.   The pushed the snow over the top of it.   But  
he said he felt cheated because his part of northern Virginia only had 20
inches and he heard that some areas of Maryland had 40 inches of white
beauty.

We are supposed to get another foot tomorrow on top of it with 20 to  
40 mph breezes to whip things around.    And Ed Lybarger wants to  
drive east in it?

Ed ... did Peters Township pick up the oak tree across your street yet?

But just to keep Dennis happy, here are Bob Vogel's snaps of the storm in
Philadelphia just before everything collapsed on Saturday.


Forwarded by Fred Schneider

Here are more of Bob Vogel's snow pictures in Philadelphia.....

I missed this one: Market-Frankford El at 69th Street; railfan photographer
on the platform to the left.
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934298

Solari board at 30th Street
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1933986

Collingswood
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1933988

platform at Lindenwold
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934051
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934052

eastbound train approaching the platform
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934053

IV departing 30th Street Station prior to cancellation of service
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934284

eastbound Market-Frankford El coming into 63rd Street Station
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934285
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934286

El train coming out of the yard with snow-covered third rail shoes
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934288
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934289
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934291

Idle Norristown High Speed Line cars at 69th Street Terminal
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934292
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934295
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934297

westbound Market-Frankford El trains
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934299
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934300

outbound Route 13 trolley on Woodland
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934322

inbound Route 36 at 40th Street Portal
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934301

Route 11 trolley entering the subway
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1934304

At 1:40 PM I heard an announcement that trolley service would terminate at 2
PM, so I took the next car back to 30th Street.

Bob