Western Railroad Discussion > Please say a prayer for TO member PaulF

This just popped into my mailbox a few moments ago. Please say a prayer for Paul tonight if you can. I've found Paul a very personable fellow, an avid photographer, and whose heart was always in Essex, Montana. Paul was also a volunteer over at Niles Canyon Railway which has great meaning for me since I was onboard their train today before I recieved the news. Here is Paul's website of his railroad images from Marias and locally from Belmont:

http://www.goatlick.com/chasing/index.htm

Thanks.

Sam Reeves

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Dear friends of Paul Flaherty,

It is with deep regret and sorrow that I am writing to you today
to let you know that Paul Flaherty passed away last Thursday...

Although we do not have all the details yet, I have been informed
by Natasha (his wife) that Paul collapsed at home Thursday afternoon.
It was instant and totally unexpected.

We will all miss Paul a lot...

Now, I need a favor from each of you...

I do NOT know all of Paul's friends and I need your help getting the
word out about Paul's passing...

Funeral and wake "times and location" are still pending...

From what I have been told, we will be told on Monday or Tuesday
when the exact time, location and date of the funeral. I will POST
all of the details on following web page:

www.TalkPlus.com/PaulFlaherty.html <-- Live by Monday afternoon.

FUNERAL TIMES WILL BE POSTED ON THIS PAGE ON MONDAY.

Please bear with me if you get this email more than once, this email
is being sent to everyone that Paul has listed in his personal contact
list...

> Follow-up information will be posted Monday afternoon on the URL above <

Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Regretfully,

Jeff Black
(a close friend of Paul Flaherty)

PS. Please redistribute this notice to anyone that knew Paul Flaherty...

Man that's a real bummer, sorry to hear of his passing, thanks for sharing Sam.

Frank

Thanks for posting his website and the link to his images. You couldn't pay him a finer tribute than by sharing his work with the rest of us. His 'spirit' is still with us . . . 'Dogh

I am so sorry to hear of his passing.

Although most of us have never met him in person you could get an idea of his personality through his postings and photographs. He won an honorable mention in our most recent photo contest:
http://www.trainorders.com/images2/view.php?67203

Here are his photo postings on Trainorders.com
http://www.trainorders.com/images2/index.php?category=0&amp;search=paulf&amp;author=on

If you do a search of his postings on Trainorders you see that Paul really seemed to enjoy life as he traveled the world railfanning. I see his visited Japan, took cross country Amtrak trips, and railfanned pretty much all over. I also want to say he was an electrical engineer based on an IEEE posting he made.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/search.php?1,search=paulf,page=1,match_type=AUTHOR,match_dates=0,match_forum=ALL

Paul you will definitely be missed by all your cyber friends at Trainorders.

Rest in peace Paul
Todd Clark

I am so sorry to hear of Paul's passing, and have him and his
family in my prayers.

same goes here for me. when one of us goes its like a ripple effect. we all feel it.\
railfan1 out

Just last night, I was digging through slides from 1999 looking for a particular photo when I came across a slide with Paul in it. We didn't do many outings together, but that particular day, we had gone out and barnstormed the former Santa Fe around Pittsburg, CA. Like everyone else, I found him to be a really great guy. I was just thinking how it had been a while since we corresponded...