Yet another dear friend and great model railroader has passed away.\u00a0 Last night I received word that Lou had left us earlier in the day.\u00a0 Lou had been in declining health for some time, so his passing probably wasn’t a big surprise to most of us.\u00a0 But it’s still painful when a good friend does leave.<\/p>\n
Back in the early 60s, while I was visiting Hub Hobby Shop in New Orleans, Andy Sperandeo introduced me to Lou.\u00a0 They revealed to me the existence of the Crescent City Model Railroad Club.\u00a0 Shortly after that I was invited to visit the CCMRC, which soon led to my joining the club as it’s first junior member.\u00a0 Lou was one of the founders (maybe the<\/em> founding member?) of the club back then.\u00a0 He and the others made this young teenager feel welcome, and I’ve enjoyed railroading with Lou many times over all the years since then.\u00a0 Even during periods when I lived too far from the New Orleans area to make any sessions, Lou maintained correspondence with me so I always felt a sense of continuity with the state of railroading at his place (and the CCMRC in earlier years).<\/p>\n Lou has always been one to share his various layouts with friends over the years.\u00a0 I especially enjoyed operating on his present layout in Covington (the “monster” he called it during a discussion we were having one day).<\/p>\n We’ve lost three great friends now within the span of about ten months…kind of unnerving in a sense.\u00a0 It will be difficult not seeing or talking with Lou (Der\u00a0F\u00fchrer<\/b><\/em> as we affectionately referred to him) at his operating sessions, as well as with Bill Williams and Shawn Levy.<\/p>\n Rest in peace Lou, my good friend.<\/p>\n -Jack<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yet another dear friend and great model railroader has passed away.\u00a0 Last night I received word that Lou had left us earlier in the day.\u00a0 Lou had been in declining health for some time, so his passing probably wasn’t a … Continue reading