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Re: Yosemite Valley Railroad Observation Update-Good News
Author: RVJ refugee
Date: 05-08-2019 - 00:43
Mainlander Wrote:
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> HRS has many of the same problems that other
> museums face. Chief among them is funding.
>
> As much as they would like the coach, combine and
> caboose, they don't have the funds nor a building
> to store, let alone, restore them in.
>
> They need a sugar daddy of sugar momma to show
> some green. If they had a plan with funding to
> back it up, then I suspect folks the city of LA
> might be willing to listen about bringing the cars
> home.
>
> But without that? Probably, status quo.
HRS has more going for it than one might think. Although they are small, they do have a restoration facility and a carbarn, and expansion of those is a possibility. They have done considerable equipment restoration and track maintenance. And they had sufficient funds to ship one of their Whitcombs to Wasatch Railroad Contractors for a full overhaul. Although I don't live in Hawaii, I've been a member of HRS for 20 years and have seen the considerable progress they have made.
The problem they had with Traveltown was based on bad information and a certain amount of inexperience by the person(s) making the enquiry. They had heard that Traveltown was in financial distress and about to close down (obviously incorrect--I don't know where that rumor came from). Unfortunately, they prefaced their request for the Oahu cars by referencing this supposed financial failure, and Traveltown's director took great offence.
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> HRS has many of the same problems that other
> museums face. Chief among them is funding.
>
> As much as they would like the coach, combine and
> caboose, they don't have the funds nor a building
> to store, let alone, restore them in.
>
> They need a sugar daddy of sugar momma to show
> some green. If they had a plan with funding to
> back it up, then I suspect folks the city of LA
> might be willing to listen about bringing the cars
> home.
>
> But without that? Probably, status quo.
HRS has more going for it than one might think. Although they are small, they do have a restoration facility and a carbarn, and expansion of those is a possibility. They have done considerable equipment restoration and track maintenance. And they had sufficient funds to ship one of their Whitcombs to Wasatch Railroad Contractors for a full overhaul. Although I don't live in Hawaii, I've been a member of HRS for 20 years and have seen the considerable progress they have made.
The problem they had with Traveltown was based on bad information and a certain amount of inexperience by the person(s) making the enquiry. They had heard that Traveltown was in financial distress and about to close down (obviously incorrect--I don't know where that rumor came from). Unfortunately, they prefaced their request for the Oahu cars by referencing this supposed financial failure, and Traveltown's director took great offence.
