December 19, 2009 08:53PM
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Lots of interesting comments in this thread. Here are a few answers...
The TIGER grants have not been awarded yet, but should be awarded by mid-January. This grant application is one of 1,380 grant applications seeking a total of over $56.5 billion dollars. So, we have a lottery ticket....
We ran a demonstration local service between Alamosa and Antonito. At 30 mph, we know it isn't highway competitive, and didn't expect a lot of riders. We wanted people to just experience riding a train, and priced it low enough that people could try it out. As far as we were concerned, it was successful.
Why is the third-rail in the program? Because we had a lot of stakeholder involvement in the design of the program, including city and county officials from the six counties of the Valley. An overriding statement from many officials was: "the third rail should never have been taken out." They made it clear to us in several meetings that this was really important to the communities. So, whether we run the 169 and an historic train, or run special trips in conjunction with C&TS, or create some new dinner/mystery/heritage deal, if we receive the grant we will diligently market the use of the third rail. As many on this forum know, SLRG has a serious investment in standard gauge passenger equipment, and we are capable of running a good local service in the Valley, that provides a meaningful service, particularly to those who can't afford a lot of transportation options. It will be a challenge to integrate the narrow gauge trains into the standard gauge program. But we want this track upgrade to have the broadest possible benefits, and we will make that happen.
Ed Ellis
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Ken in Buena Vista |
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Kevin Cook |
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hank |
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Kevin Cook |
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hank |
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Eric Bolton |
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southparkline1 |
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dougvv |
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dougvv |
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Russo Loco |
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Russo Loco |
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Steve Forney |
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Russo Loco |
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Steve Forney |
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Russo Loco |
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dougvv |
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Will Gant |
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Russo Loco |
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Ken in Buena Vista |
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hank |
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Greg Scholl |
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Russo Loco |
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southparkline1 |
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george pearce |
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Ken in Buena Vista |
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Earl |
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guymonmd |
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Russo Loco |
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dougvv |
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BrianJ |
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Russo Loco |
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dougvv |
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hank |
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Steve Forney |
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guymonmd |
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Russo Loco |
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Earl |
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Russo Loco |
December 19, 2009 06:54PM |
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Ed Ellis |
December 19, 2009 08:53PM |
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dougvv |
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Ken in Buena Vista |
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Ed Ellis |
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Russo Loco |
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dougvv |
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george pearce |
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Ed Ellis |
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Steve Forney |
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Will Gant |
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Twinkyllamas |
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Russo Loco |
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Twinkyllamas |
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southparkline1 |
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CharlieMcCandless |
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hank |
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Russo Loco |
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mikerowe |
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gbrewer |
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GeorgeGaskill |
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CharlieMcCandless |
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Kevin Cook |
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CharlieMcCandless |
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Hauspiper |
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Ken in Buena Vista |
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Ken in Buena Vista |
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Ken in Buena Vista |
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Twinkyllamas |
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