[PRCo] PAT/PTM Fantrip

[Holland, James B.]

>>> On Jul 14, 2014, at 6:49 AM, DF Cramer wrote:
>>>
>>> If you do not normally look at the PTM homepage, you maybe unaware 
>>> of this event in October.
>>> http://www.showclix.com/event/ptmfantrip
>>>
>>> Dennis F. Cramer
>>> http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/
>>
>> From: fwschneider at comcast.net
>> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:08:15 -0400
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PAT/PTM Fantrip
>>
>> Nice that PTM is trying to have a party, Dennis.   However, I have 
>> grown away from fantrips.
>>
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>> Dennis, I love seeing all the new light rail lines but with small 
>> groups of friends.   Leave the crazies that attend fantrips at home.
>
> /On Mon Jul 14 16:03:00 EDT 2014/, *John Swindler* posted:
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> I guess we all have our "strange" memories of fantrips. There was a 
> Cleveland fantrip in early 1980s.  I was sitting with Howard White and 
> Gareth Rosenau (Fred would know them) across from 4-5 railfans who 
> were loudly arguing the sequence that cars were released from PTC 
> paint shop with a modified paint scheme early 1950s.  It might have 
> been Howard who commented "I hope it isn't contagious" before we moved 
> to a quieter part of the Breda car.
>
> But looking back, the pleasant memories far-far outweigh any minor 
> annoyances. And as the years pass, it becomes  more an opportunity to 
> meet friends, then ride the fantrip car.

Very nicely stated, Dr.John!  I remember a few P.E.R.C. // P.R.M.A. 
trips in the 1950s even -- Priceless.

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Body Jim