I regret to announce the death of Bob Truax, 93, the oldest of the 
Washington D.C. rail fans. He died at home, in his sleep, on Sunday, 
May 24th from complications resulting from congestive heart failure.

Bob was instrumental in the Washington and Baltimore area in seeing 
that rail photographs and documents were preserved and added to 
collections. In addition, he saw to it that the information was 
accessible and shared. He was a fixture over the years in rail fan 
organizations and local historical societies as well. 
He authored the Washington DC Streetcar monograph for MPOS.

A WWII Vet, he will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery, 
sometime in September. With about 1,200 WWII Vets dying daily, it has 
caused a backlog at the cemetery.