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Re: SP 4449 South through UP Brooklyn Yard?? >> Thanks Kwcc
Author: Foamtastic Voyage
Date: 05-10-2017 - 22:59
Erik H. Wrote:
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> > Money Talks.
>
> And as a result, the 4449 group can pay for THEIR
> own engine themselves; plus buy the engine from
> the good residents of the City of Portland that
> preserved it from the Southern Pacific, plus repay
> the City of Portland loan immediately for the
> construction of ORHF.
>
> To run a large steam locomotive as one's personal
> play toy while simultaneously giving a huge middle
> finger to the railfan community and the public is
> an insult to those who have donated or contributed
> to the engine in the past. If "money talks", then
> the 4449 needs to stop begging the public for
> money and go after corporate sponsors like GWI.
> They need to rescind their non-profit status,
> since they are clearly in it for the money and not
> for public enjoyment. They need to buy the engine
> from the City since it is apparently no longer for
> the public enjoyment.
>
> They have lost any support I had given them, and
> instead I will focus my charitable giving towards
> a wide number of groups that work real hard to let
> the public in, rather than keep the public out.
>
> If they want to show they are truly interested in
> the public's participation, then they need to act
> like it. They had a perfect opportunity to work
> with GWI. They could have even had a brief public
> display in downtown Tigard or Lake Oswego, even if
> it was just 30 minutes. Nope. All wasted. Throw
> in the outrageous cost of the Bend
> excursion...guess railfanning is now only a hobby
> for the rich, just like what model railroading has
> become.
Are you drunk....or high....or both?? Thank you for the good laugh. Have a nice day.
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Money Talks.
>
> And as a result, the 4449 group can pay for THEIR
> own engine themselves; plus buy the engine from
> the good residents of the City of Portland that
> preserved it from the Southern Pacific, plus repay
> the City of Portland loan immediately for the
> construction of ORHF.
>
> To run a large steam locomotive as one's personal
> play toy while simultaneously giving a huge middle
> finger to the railfan community and the public is
> an insult to those who have donated or contributed
> to the engine in the past. If "money talks", then
> the 4449 needs to stop begging the public for
> money and go after corporate sponsors like GWI.
> They need to rescind their non-profit status,
> since they are clearly in it for the money and not
> for public enjoyment. They need to buy the engine
> from the City since it is apparently no longer for
> the public enjoyment.
>
> They have lost any support I had given them, and
> instead I will focus my charitable giving towards
> a wide number of groups that work real hard to let
> the public in, rather than keep the public out.
>
> If they want to show they are truly interested in
> the public's participation, then they need to act
> like it. They had a perfect opportunity to work
> with GWI. They could have even had a brief public
> display in downtown Tigard or Lake Oswego, even if
> it was just 30 minutes. Nope. All wasted. Throw
> in the outrageous cost of the Bend
> excursion...guess railfanning is now only a hobby
> for the rich, just like what model railroading has
> become.
Are you drunk....or high....or both?? Thank you for the good laugh. Have a nice day.
