[PRCo] Re: Pennsylvania RR Heritage Passenger Train

Sun May 8 11:40:38 EDT 2011

Back on October 8th, 1958, I entered the army.   The local recruiter (yes, guys, RA stood for ragged ass) gave me a ticket to Harrisburg on the Pennsy.   My parents were on the station platform in Lancaster to say good-bye.   And dad had one last picture of the train disappearing west with one of those Pennsy business cars on the rear end of number 25.   

That was one hellish long day.  Hours of processing and finally a bus to Philadelphia and another bus to Fort Dix. And then standing in formation for an hour.   Finally some a-hole sergeant comes out of a building and says, "Oh, you guys still here.   Well maybe we do something."  And he sent us to dinner at 11 PM for what was left over in the reception center.   Then to bed at 1 AM.   Then they woke us up again at 4 a.m. to tell us we were in the army now.   

Thanks Bob, for the memories.

On May 8, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Bob Rathke wrote:

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> Yesterday we took our grandson to National Train Day at Chicago's Union Station.  More than 30 pieces of passenger car equipment was open for inspection on five tracks; there were displays and demonstrations in the Great Hall, and also short excursions on an Amtrak Superliner which ran through the Amtrak maintenance building on the return trip to Union Station.  
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> Attached are some low- res  photos.  Y es, the station and trains were that crowded. The hits of the event were the PRR passeng er train and the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha train. 
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> The attached photos show the two PRR E8 locomotives, 10-6 sleeper Little Juniata Rapids, lounge Warrior Ridge (1157), and observation car 120. The photo of the PRR K4 glass etching is in a room divider in one of the cars. The 20-page Train Day catalog says that this train is based in central Pennsylvania, but isn't specific about the city. 
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> Opposit e the platform from the PRR train is the Amtrak Superliner used for the excursions. 
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> It was a day well spent. I'd be interested in hearing about the PRR train's stop in Pittsburgh. 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
> Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2011 5:30:42 PM 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: [FYI Only] Pennsylvania RR Heritage Passenger Train 
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> I think, but not sure, they may keep this train in or near Altoona, PA. 
> Anyone know for sure? 
> Here is the current information coming across the wire on the return trip 
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> *Original info has it leaving Chicago approx. 8:00am Sunday. Latest info has 
> it arriving in Pittsburgh approx. 7:30pm Sunday evening. It was travelling 
> at Amtrak speeds or better on its outgoing trip, and there's no reason to 
> believe it won't be doing so on the return. 
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> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 18:18, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>wrote: 
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>> That train looks like the one we rode in December, 1967. Except this one is 
>> a lot cleaner, shiny and several cars shorter. 
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>> Thanks for sharing. 
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>> K. 
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
>> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> 
>> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 2:43 PM 
>> Subject: [PRCo] [FYI Only] Pennsylvania RR Heritage Passenger Train 
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>>> A renovated Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train is in Chicago today for 
>>> National Train Day. It will be leaving Chicago tomorrow and will be 
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>>> at the Pennsylvania (Amtrak) Station in downtown Pittsburgh sometime 
>>> tomorrow. If anyone in the Pittsburgh area is interested in looking at 
>> it. 
>>> The attached photo was taken when it passed through Cleveland (passing 
>>> Cleveland Browns Stadium) on its way to Chicago. I will try to post the 
>>> approximate time the train will arrive in Pittsburgh when said times are 
>>> posted on the Cleveland/Pittsburgh rail list. 
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>>> Herb Brannon 
>>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park 
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