THAT guy Wrote:
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> Yep! AND...I've personally noted 'custodians of
> collections' cherry-pick recent media collections
> for their own, then box everything up and shove it
> in a boxcar. OERM is now more than 50 (!!) years
> old, and you still can't get a copy of a print,
> even if they knew they had it. In all fairness,
> they are starting serious efforts for a library
> research facility, but that's still years and
> many, many dollars away.
>
> How many diesel switchers do you need to restore
> while so many more fragile things get neglected?
>
> Good, wood bodied/framed equipment left to rot
> while someone's favorite steel car gets all the
> money and time- then doesn't get finished anyway!
>
> Good policies implemented, then not followed one
> iota. Where does it go from here...?
>
> My son will get my entire collection God willing.
> Nothing will be donated.
>
> Yet, in all my bashing I have to say that if it
> weren't for these museums and amusement parks
> (Knott's), it all would have been scrapped years
> ago.

Well I came in here to thread sh!t like usual and to say all RR museums suck like I've always said in the past.

I did notice you described "John Smatlack" almost to the tee. John Smatlack's mismanagement and cherry-picking abilities are matched by nearly no other. John Smatlack's leadership ability insures that NO restorations are completed. A couple trolley car "restorations" have dragged on for decades now with no end in site.