David Dewey Wrote:
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> Yes. Removal will be very expensive nowadays. Back
> around 1985 I had a solution, but the powers that
> be turned it down from pressure by a local senior
> group. Back story is more complicated than that,
> but I will just say; best laid plans, ignorant of
> local politics, failed.
> Glad that the refurbishment has happened. They
> raised so much money for it, back when I was
> working on it no one seemed to care and our
> budgets were usually under $100, although we did
> occasionally raise more than that, but nothing
> like what has been done in the past year. Back
> when I installed the semaphore (1978, I think), it
> cost me a fifth of Jack Daniels to the local SP
> signal crew. Can't do that kind of thing nowadays!

Yes, and isn't going to get cheaper with the passage of time. Meaning that when the day comes that you HAVE to remove it or see it scrapped on the spot because of it, the removal/proper disposal cost now will seem like chump change then.