And cue the semi-monthly strange obsession with Todd Clark, his son, and their business affairs.

You should be glad it is only pennies a day (see the post below about the Skunk Train rail bike tour, which is not an unreasonable price for what you get, and the comments about the rusty wallets that will never open for anything except a daily McDonalds Double Double, Super-Size frys, and a Diet Coke).

You keep posing the same nonsense, so here is the same response.

I’m pretty sure Todd Clark could not care less what people here think of him and Trainorders.com because he is not involved in its day-to-day operation anymore. He has had staff for that for years.

How many of you Basement Monday Morning Quarterbacks have come close to accomplishing one thing on this list?

- Produced and sold successful and professional quality VHS railroad videos (Icon).

- Created one of the first railroad discussion, webcam, and media sharing websites about 25 years ago to promote the VHS videos. Then when interest in those disappeared, he spun it off as a subscription-based site to continue to make a profit, and still does. In this day of free discussion and sharing on Facebook and group email lists, that it still is profitable speaks volumes.

- Managed and sold many private car charter trips (and didn’t steal people’s deposits like that other outfit we know).

- Created a museum with tens of thousands of dollars worth of antique and contemporary railroad signals, including a one-of-a-kind experimental LED US&S H2. Then DONATED all the equipment to deserving railroad museums across the country when he lost interest in that.

- Now, successfully waded the bureaucracy and is running these public handcar trips on the Monterey Branch. The handcars are amazingly crafted, from the videos I’ve seen.

Capitalism and the 1st Ammendment are simple: You don’t like that he can edit anything he wants on his PRIVATE website, don’t read it and don’t buy the membership.

Thanks for the reminder about the handcar tours, btw. I’d been meaning to look into it more. They look pretty cool and I’ve actually just booked a tour for myself and some friends visiting.