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Re: Why no diesel or steam at Rio Vista JCT?
Author: RVJ Refugee
Date: 10-24-2016 - 19:07
Years Gone Wrote:
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> The simple answer is that a few folks decided that
> the steam and passenger train people were a
> threat. So get rid of their projects and you get
> rid of them.
>
> And then you trade away things that support those
> interests.
>
> As for the 94 and 334, yes they are under cover.
> Despite uninformed opinions to the contrary, both
> machines can be fixed to run again. But BAERA
> simply does not have a significant benefactor to
> fund such projects. They just do not have the cash
> flow. They have a lot of unexplained potential but
> that is all. One need look no further than the
> carbarns to see projects a plenty. A reality check
> shows more well intentioned acquisitions just
> rotting away; hoping against hope for a financial
> savior some place out there. Even the much needed
> project of rebuilding carbarn one is beyond its
> expiration date by 20 years or more.
>
> Want to see a change? Vote with dollars. Yes
> folks, money talks.
>
> All the rest of this discushion is so much hot
> air.
Your first three sentences said it all, very eloquently. What remains to be seen is whether, once most or all of the vintage "train haters" are gone, if newer members' attitudes change the direction of the museum. The question is whether there will be enough of them to do anything.
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> The simple answer is that a few folks decided that
> the steam and passenger train people were a
> threat. So get rid of their projects and you get
> rid of them.
>
> And then you trade away things that support those
> interests.
>
> As for the 94 and 334, yes they are under cover.
> Despite uninformed opinions to the contrary, both
> machines can be fixed to run again. But BAERA
> simply does not have a significant benefactor to
> fund such projects. They just do not have the cash
> flow. They have a lot of unexplained potential but
> that is all. One need look no further than the
> carbarns to see projects a plenty. A reality check
> shows more well intentioned acquisitions just
> rotting away; hoping against hope for a financial
> savior some place out there. Even the much needed
> project of rebuilding carbarn one is beyond its
> expiration date by 20 years or more.
>
> Want to see a change? Vote with dollars. Yes
> folks, money talks.
>
> All the rest of this discushion is so much hot
> air.
Your first three sentences said it all, very eloquently. What remains to be seen is whether, once most or all of the vintage "train haters" are gone, if newer members' attitudes change the direction of the museum. The question is whether there will be enough of them to do anything.
