Re: Foamers will Foam, unless stopped by the CHP . . . 
| September 14, 2017 12:08PM |
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rod Wrote:
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> . . . As to the chasers, it was very disconcert-
> ing on the Monday trip as some of the chasers
> disrupted the photo runbys and had to be asked
> by the event organizers to move their vehicles on
> multiple occasions. Parking their vehicles on the
> Sublette station grounds took the cake IMHO.
It's too bad that one of the C&TS support trucks couldn't have had a "flat tire" on the road into Sublette a few minutes before the train was due . . .
rehunn Wrote:
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> And as I said before, lunch was still hot and de-
> licious when we got there at 3:30! I shudder to
> think what is going to happen on the Chama side
> if John gets his wish to run a rotary early next year.
> I'm all for contacting the NM State Police & making
> a donation to the Children and Widows Fund in
> exchange for an impromptu road closure!
Good idea, Rich -
I've been held up more than once while a scenic stretch of highway was closed to allow the filming of a car commercial. The C&TS may not have the clout of General Motors* or Mercedes-Benz – but the railroad IS owned by the two states, so why not enlist their help in ensuring that participants get their money's worth without interference from outsiders?
- El Curmudeoño Viejo y Verde
* "What's good for General Motors is good for the U.S.A.!" — or the C&TS . . .
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> . . . As to the chasers, it was very disconcert-
> ing on the Monday trip as some of the chasers
> disrupted the photo runbys and had to be asked
> by the event organizers to move their vehicles on
> multiple occasions. Parking their vehicles on the
> Sublette station grounds took the cake IMHO.
It's too bad that one of the C&TS support trucks couldn't have had a "flat tire" on the road into Sublette a few minutes before the train was due . . .
rehunn Wrote:
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> And as I said before, lunch was still hot and de-
> licious when we got there at 3:30! I shudder to
> think what is going to happen on the Chama side
> if John gets his wish to run a rotary early next year.
> I'm all for contacting the NM State Police & making
> a donation to the Children and Widows Fund in
> exchange for an impromptu road closure!
Good idea, Rich -
I've been held up more than once while a scenic stretch of highway was closed to allow the filming of a car commercial. The C&TS may not have the clout of General Motors* or Mercedes-Benz – but the railroad IS owned by the two states, so why not enlist their help in ensuring that participants get their money's worth without interference from outsiders?
- El Curmudeoño Viejo y Verde
* "What's good for General Motors is good for the U.S.A.!" — or the C&TS . . .
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