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Hey all:
Here's my story of conversion.
For me, PC started when I was 7-1/2 or 8 and it was the
"OTHER" railroad. I didn't much care for it.
In Washington Court House, OH (where I was born), we managed
to have 3 railroads. The B&O, DT&I, and the Pennsylvania branch to
Circleville. Even in the mid 60s the PRR branch wasn't used much.
Later after the merger, I hated PC for the mess it causes. But
I also learned to despise gov't regulation on railroads.
After the collapse of the Northeast railroads, I came to miss
PC and the others, though I had only seen the cars in my local freight trains. I
began to miss what I never really was exposed to (after 1968 my parents moved to
Morristown Tenn and I learned to love the Southern, note to
Garrett).
The bottom line (before this note becomes a tome, if not too
late) is that I came to see PC as an underdog that lost its battle to survive.
(A bit romanticized, I know) But like many people my age (38), I realized that I
missed the heyday of railroads and all I end up with is history.
Some say, "You don't know what you'll miss, until after (or in
my case, long after) it is gone."
Besides the mating worms logo was intriguing
visually.
Kurt Thompson
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