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Ah, the one and only Standard Railway of the World, also affectionately known as the "Pennsy" and "PRR". Many of us lament the vandalistic destruction of the GREAT Penn Station in NYC, modeled after the classical Roman baths, and built under the direction of one of its greatest presidents, Alexander J. Cassatt, whose sister incidentally was the famous American Impressionist artist,  Mary Cassatt. Penn Station was an absolutely grandiose monumental edifice, that should never have been demolished for the unremarkable building that replaced that treasure. I am glad I was able to visit, and travel to and from this remarkable station, on several occasions in the fifties and early sixties. A great architectual loss for NYC and the world!

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Tinplate Art posted:

I have ridden behind Pennsy GG1's and also Pennsy-leased steam on the great LIRR in the 1940's and early fifties. Great memories!

I remember standing next to GG1's giving off a lot of heat at 30th Street Station, also when I was young. I assume that would have been from the traction motors. Yes, good memories. I think the station had a good arcade section, important for a youngster! 

Tom 

The demolition of the PRR Pennsylvania Station is unforgivable.  It was an architectural masterpiece, and would be almost impossible to build today.  Fortunately its destruction led directly to the architectural preservation movement that has saved many other important structures.

BTW, we need another term for plastic trains that run on tinplate track.  "Tinplate" really doesn't describe them!

Kirk

 

Kirk Lindvig, USA track LLC

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