E9A Wrote:
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> Just Me Wrote:
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> > Sadly,Ken passed away about a year or so ago.
>
>
> OK, I admit I screwed up about the FA never being
> at Portola
>
> Ken was a Vietnam war veteran and was a POW for
> several years.
> Like most, he was severely treated, beaten,
> starved, put in
> tiger cages, etc. He one said the only thing that
> kept him
> going was his thoughts of the WP, which he later
> was able to
> put into his paintings and artwork.
>
> As noted, he was not the same physically or
> mentally when he
> came back, and little wonder. He continued to
> paint, though
> and was a valued museum member.
>
> RIP, Ken.


Sad to here. I have Ken to thank for my continued interest in Trains had it not been for him. My obsession with Railroading most likely would have stopped with my 4x8 HO layout my father helped me build.

RIP Ken