Dear Chuck,
Ah yes, the junior Jan. I knew his father well and we used to visit
his family all the time. I remember when Jan jr. was just a boy. Real
smart and loved trolleys. He was always into "O" scale, but I liked him
just the same. He was working for PanAm as a designer, but they are
now gone the way of so many of my favorite railroads. I have not seen
him in a few years, but hope to in the near future. It was nice to see
his name. I hope he finds a home for these forgotten relics.
His father was the owner of "LocoMotive Workshop" and kept us S
scalers going during the dark years. I built many of his kits. He
passed away a few years ago after recovering from a stroke about a
decade before. Some of his clinics on modeling with brass were very
entertaining. He was a real S scale pioneer.
Best regards,
Don Thompson
C&P Porter wrote:
>Jan Lorenzen. Jan Lorenzen? Does that ring a bell with anyone? Chuck
>Porter----- Original Message -----
>From: Hilton
>To: Bob Bullermann
>Cc: Otto Dobnick ; Denny Hamilton ; Craig Willett ; Jeff Hampton ; Pam Mross ;
>Jeff Madden ; Tom Hoffmann ; Pete Stonitsch ; Ed DeRouin ; Chuck Porter ; Dave
>Ingles ; Bob Baker
>Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 4:21 PM
>Subject: Re: Fw: Trolley Cars in a Jam: Time to Roll, but Nowhere to Go
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>Thanks, but not in my back yard!
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>Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 1:46 PM
>Subject: Trolley Cars in a Jam: Time to Roll, but Nowhere to Go
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>from the Railroad list..
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>February 13, 2005
>Trolley Cars in a Jam: Time to Roll, but Nowhere to Go
>JAKE MOONEY
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>Life in New York is a story of square footage. All
>over the city, apartment dwellers fret about finding
>enough space for a growing family, or squeezing that
>one last chair into a crowded living room.
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>Jan Lorenzen and Arthur Melnick of Brooklyn are facing
>a similar quandary, albeit on a somewhat larger scale.
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>Mr. Lorenzen and Mr. Melnick, the founders of the
>nonprofit Brooklyn City StreetcarCompany, need to find
>a home for 11 abandoned trolley cars, weighing 20 tons
>apiece, and they need to find one fast.
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>The cars have resided at the Brooklyn Navy Yard since
>2001, taken there by a different group, which had
>hoped to build a trolley line along the Red Hook
>waterfront. When that plan fell apart and the group
>was evicted for not paying rent, the cars stayed.
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>"We consider them abandoned property," said Eric
>Deutsch, president of the development corporation that
>manages the navy yard, now an industrial park. "We'd
>love to find somewhere else for them to go and
>somebody who wants to take them, but ultimately they
>can't stay here."
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>Enter Mr. Lorenzen and Mr. Melnick, who have proposed
>trolley lines in Coney Island or in the planned
>Brooklyn Bridge Park. In a predicament that was first
>reported in The Brooklyn Paper, a weekly, Mr. Deutsch
>has said they can have the cars free but must find a
>way to move them and a place to put them (Manhattan
>Mini Storage, anyone?) while they perform repairs.
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>Considering the cars' size - each is 50 feet long and
>10 feet high, bigger than most city buses - the task
>is easier said than done.
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>"We've gotten a few bites, and we're looking at a few
>things," Mr. Melnick said, "but it's difficult. Land
>is at a premium in New York these days."
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