Here's a direct quote from an email sent out to a number of folks from Ron Burkhard last month - I trust he won't mind me sharing this here:
"As some of you are aware, there has been some speculation in the Internet on at least one Yahoo group for past several days about the financial health of Trains Unlimited Tours.
These rumors are without merit."
He goes on to describe the challenging business conditions that TUT, and just about every other tour operator, is facing, but right now they're full steam ahead with a variety of plans for next year.
Scott