Charles B. "Chuck" Porter passed away on June 28th; he was 79 years old. Chuck was well known in Midwest S scale and rail fan communities and an active member of this egroup since its inception in 1999. He was a fixture at NASG conventions, always in his rumpled little hat with a serious camera around his neck. Chuck's Christmas cards, adorned with one of his rail photos and containing his friendly missive were a joy to receive each year. He was fast to make fiends and a great conversationalist on any subject, in or out of the hobby. Chuck was one of those few truly good people who make the hobby and indeed life much richer. He will be missed....
At a live steam Santa Train event in Plymouth a few years ago, it was snowing like crazy and I was jostling with seemingly a bazillion other "rail fans" trying to get a photo of the train leaving town. Out of nowhere I heard a friendly greeting; it was Chuck and his wife Pat, driven 80 miles in the snow just to take a picture... I'm posting the photo I took that day in memory of Chuck. He found a very different vantage point and later sent me his photo... it was a lot better !! You know when you are in the presence of someone special...! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1226119013/pic/967650857/view?picmode=large&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc With apologies to and to paraphrase from David P. Morgan, a better writer than I; "Time now to close the book. Like a railroad conductor, I've punched your ticket, hopefully pointed out a high spot or two on the journey ahead and checked my Hamilton against yours. It's time to retire to the last plush walkover in the coach, listen in on the insistent whistle and hard-working stack up front and sleep in a world of rail joints, coupled cars, steam and diesel... and be better for it. Travel easy Chuck.... " Jim Kindraka Plymouth, WI June 30, 2011 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
