Re: Modifications NOT required - it's NATURAL

Ed and Dan -

It was presumed that the Stanley-Steamer-powered waddling gosling would be the usual result of #315 and Goose #5 sharing adjacent stalls in the Antonito engine house ... Its hatching next year after a six to eight month gestation would be an entirely natural event not subject to bureaucratic oversight bungling. (As Keith noted in the original thread, the prospective parents are "a nice pair".) It was also assumed that the gosling would come into the world as a 2' gauge 4-passenger whippersnapper, and would not become 3' gauge until its early teens.

Note that the power plant will be an external combustion device burning a clean, lightweight oil - for which a carbon-neutral vegetable product could readily be substituted - and that a motor-generator and large battery under the passenger compartment could be surgically added to the drive train to facilitate steam-electric hybridization for improved fuel economy.

The private restroom facilities which were mentioned above could easily be provided by the numerous trees located between Chama and Big Horn and/or those to be planted north of Durango in the next several months. Passengers experiencing "emergencies" between The Whiplash and Antonito, or along the High Line north of Rockwood, will just have to "tough it out". DNA analysis shows that a baggage door (not shown in the drawing) will be located on the right side to provide access for the mobility challenged.

- Russ