(LVRR) Fw: Sad News

["Bill K." <pontiac_@_dreamscape.com>]

Saw this on another list and thought it would be appropriate to pass on, 
since I believe Ed was a member of both of these lists.


Bill K.


- ----- Original Message ----- 
>

> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:05:55 -0500
> From: "James Harr" <bnchmark_@_embarqmail.com>
> Subject: (erielack) Sad news...
>
> Greetings all, long time no post.
>
>
>
> I have had a great deal going on lately, including working out bugs with 
> my
> e-mail and also my Yahoo! List subscriptions, so it was a shock to me to
> learn this morning of the passing of the head of the Anthracite Railroads
> Historical Society (ARHS) modeling committee, Ed Schaller, in his sleep, 
> on
> Monday the 10th of December.
>
>
>
> Many of you may be familiar with Ed's website, Lehigh Valley Railroad
> Modeler, or www.lvrrmodeler.net <http://www.lvrrmodeler.net/> . Ed was a
> very humble fellow, yet very enthusiastic and tireless in his support for
> the ARHS, and in fact became the treasurer of the ARHS in 2006. When I met
> Ed at an RPM meeting in Malvern PA, he was very gracious and eager to talk
> 'shop' with a fellow modeler. We had a good bit of correspondence over the
> past few years about various projects, but alas, now it seems as if there
> wasn't enough time to do all the things we talked about.
>
>
>
> I hope you will all forgive what is essentially off-topic for an Erie
> Lackawanna list, but I think, under the circumstances, you will 
> understand.
> For more information, visit the home page of the ARHS,
> http://arhs.railfan.net/.
>
>
>
> Respectfully submitted;
>
>
>
> Jim Harr
>
> Editor, From the Workbench
>
> ELHS #2934
>
> ARHS #3467
>

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