Re: Honor the Founders at the Fiftieth! 
| June 24, 2019 11:30AM |
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Rich Murray Wrote:
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> . . . 50 years ago when the D&RGW wanted to
> pull the plug, a group decided that being sorry,
> as many were then, just wasn’t good enough
> and acted. They busted their collective butts to
> ensure that the narrow gauge would continue to
> run on at least a representative part of its route.
> Without that first effort all the hard and often
> heroic efforts that followed would, for lack of
> need, never have happened.
> To me, those “Founding Fathers of the C&TS"
> deserve special recognition, and the Fiftieth
> Anniversary is an appropriate time to do that.
I'll second that motion, Rich -
VERY well stated!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/2019 11:56AM by Russo Loco.
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> . . . 50 years ago when the D&RGW wanted to
> pull the plug, a group decided that being sorry,
> as many were then, just wasn’t good enough
> and acted. They busted their collective butts to
> ensure that the narrow gauge would continue to
> run on at least a representative part of its route.
> Without that first effort all the hard and often
> heroic efforts that followed would, for lack of
> need, never have happened.
> To me, those “Founding Fathers of the C&TS"
> deserve special recognition, and the Fiftieth
> Anniversary is an appropriate time to do that.
I'll second that motion, Rich -
VERY well stated!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/2019 11:56AM by Russo Loco.
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