Re: 1203 restoration

Dan,

See my post of today under "Loop Article."

Skip Wrote:
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> Dan, et. al.,
>
> As Jerry and others may remember, I tried my best
> several years ago to dissuade the board and
> officers from getting involved with CHS in the
> first place. I believe one of my posts likened it
> to "making a deal with the Devil." My letters and
> emails received replies which were basically
> "thanks, but this deal is going to make SVRR a lot
> of money for future projects" and so on. Nobody
> listened then. As I told Taylor in so many words a
> few days back, those dealings with CHS may come
> back to bite you.
>
> I am not gloating. As a matter of fact, I feel
> really sad. I put in a lot of time on the SV Ry
> back in the early 90's .... it was an incredibly
> fun place with great people, and worth the long
> drive. As Taylor recently put it to me, it is no
> longer the same railroad now as it was back then.
> I miss the "Good Old Days."

As I said, I tried to get the Board to reconsider getting involved with CHS. I was a member until recently, and have been against these dealings (including the gons) with CHS all along. Those dealings plus the direction I see the organization going, are the main reasons I am no longer a member of SV RR (after about 15 years.)

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
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