December 07, 2018 04:04PM
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Okay, here is an article I missed. It has many interesting details. From the May 17, 1967 Farmington Daily Times. This is about five months after Hinman applied to the ICC for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (i.e., a permit to operate passenger trains). Now he has withdrawn his application, apparently because the Rio Grande was unresponsive to his communications with them. He says he wrote letters to D&RGW president G.B. Aydelott, which were answered by his assistant Alexis McKinney. "I never heard from Aydelott," Hinman says, adding that seeking an agreement with the Rio Grande was "like trying to talk to a wall." Presumably, the Rio Grande wasn't too keen on anyone making a case for passenger train operations on a segment of railroad that they were currently trying to abandon.
As for Hinman leaving his coach behind in Alamosa, perhaps he just lost interest in the project--or once the C&TS was formed, there was no project to pursue. Moving the coach might have been more trouble than he wanted to bother with. Maybe he tried to sell it. It is unclear how the coach became C&TS property.
Another question: Given his interest in operating passenger trains on the line, did he attempt to contract with the states to operate the railroad? Of course, the states chose Scenic Railways, but were there other contenders? Might Hinman have been one? Or did he drop out of the picture completely by this time?
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