Re: C&TS 40th - and FIFTIETH - Anniversary Celebrations

drgw0579 Wrote:
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> . . . I'd argue that for each time period, there's
> going to be a person that we can look back at
> and say that if they didn't do what they did, the
> thing wouldn't be here today.  Besides those al-
> ready identified in other posts, my nominations
> include Bob Keller, Willis Kyle, Spencer Wilson.
> There's others pending that are still alive.  Plus
> don't forget all of the employees of the railroad.
>
> It's taken a lot of effort by everyone.  But if it
> hadn't been, it would be the world's most scenic
> 64 mile long hiking trail.


AMEN, Bill -

I'm not sure why Spencer Wilson's name wasn't on the 40th Anniversary plaques — that's certainly an oversight, as the intent in 2010 was primarily to honor those who had participated in the late sixties preservation effort and the 1970 resurrection of the railroad by re-enacting the first C&TS train into Chama on September 6, 1970 — we invited everyone we could identify and locate to participate in the event.  It is a long and fragile chain that has held the Narrow Gauge Over Cumbres together for nearly FIFTY years, and every link of that chain has been critical to the survival of the railroad.

I hope a proper celebration honoring ALL of those involved over the past Fifty Years can be held in Antonito and Chama in late summer, 2020.

- Russ