Re: OY abuse

I fully agree with John. The rotary should be used.

If you are concerned about fighting ice with it, have a railfan rotary run in the fall after the first snowfall - no ice. Even if the snow is only 2-3 feet, it will amply demonstrate the rotaries use without the feeling of abusing the equipment.

Also, during the first snow, a railfan flanger train with 487 (I think) with its plow would be a great way to demonstrate this mode of snow fighting.

John,

I still think the C&TS was at its best when you and Earl and Coker and all the rest (whose names I do not recall) ran the line for Kyle.

Black Bart ran the line into the ground and the C&TS is still recovering from that.

You've got nothing to appologize for from my point of view.

Doug vV