[PRCo] Re: Introduction

[Jim Keener]

> Are you the person producing graphics for an Prc book?  Did you recently
> express an interest in scanning historical transit documents?
>
Yes and No.  I was interested in scanning and OCRing documents, but I'm
not producing a PRCo book.  I simply wanted to make sure there was a
digital copy of the archives that could be searched and viewed without
having to handle the original documents.

> Do you still have an interest in model railroading?  Mr.Cramer on the list
> has an impressive layout. 
>
> What kind of models did your father have?  Is he still active with models?
>

My father, brother, and I model in N-scale.  My father is building a
decent sized layout in his basement.  I'm currently just putting up and
down some small plans on my dining room table using snap track.

My father models the Conrail era, my brother NS (so they overlap quite a
bit).  I model transition era Pennsy.  I don't yet have any traction
models.  In an ideal world, I would be able to make 3D printouts of
various trolley bodies and use those. (I have some friends with
MakerBots and others with access to better printers as well.)  The
biggest challange is getting an N-scale trolley to move.  I hate having
the whole body taken up by the motor like in an engine. I've had some
ideas (that don't involve $400 small electric motors), but haven't yet
been able to play with those ideas.

Once my fiancée and I settle down (she's in grad school and will have a
post-doc or two once she's done), I'll be able to work on my first
larger layout.

I also collect stock certificates and tokens from Philly- and Pgh-area
companies.
> Did you and your father trace the history of Prc through Canonsburg?
We've have tried to find it's route through.  There were some maps
posted on the list a few months ago that made me go out and do it
again.  The trolleys were gone before he was born and I never got to ask
his parents about them before they passed away.  My mom's family moved
into the area in the 60s, so after as well.

Jim