Josh Wrote:
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> Hello,
> Being an active member with the Chehalis
> Centralia Railroad, I would like to give an update
> about restrooms. Yes, we had plans drawn up, and
> probably money located to build them, but there ar
> a lot more logistics than just coming up with the
> money for the building. For instance, we get a
> really good deal on water from the City, and we go
> through LOTS of water. With that said, hooking up
> to the municipal sewage line is one hurdle, the
> way the city bills sewage is a percentage of water
> consumption, we are negotiating a deal with the
> city about sewage billing as we speak. We did have
> a company come to us that deals with portable
> restroom buildings, and they are full service
> restrooms, not "sani cans." We are going to pursue
> that route for now, as the company offered us a
> really good discount, something like 60% off there
> standard monthly rent. As for the equipment, We
> have a volunteer base of roughly 12-15 people, and
> 2/3 of that number are old retired guys, that can
> only do so much, and the rest of us have full time
> day jobs. So the mechanical aspect of things are
> more important than cosmetic, and yes we do
> understand it is importaint, and the rolling stock
> is in good working condition given their age and
> use, saftey is our number one goal. We have people
> come and go that work on things, but they really
> want do is work on the train while its running,
> and we really dont have room on crew, as our
> current volunteers are almost to many for our
> relaxed schedule. Also, at any given time, there
> are only 3-5 people available to work on projects
> at any given time, so that makes projects like
> cosmetics hard to accomplish, because we are a
> working railroad, and we have a steam locomotive
> and 10 miles of track to maintain. If you would
> like to come down, and work on cosmetics and other
> projects, and are not conserned about running
> trains, please come on down and help, but please
> dont give us a bad review before you have all of
> the facts.

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