November 02, 2001 11:34AM
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Thanks Steve.
Of course you are correct and that White Pass has relied on #73 for quite a long time. I guess Im just saddened that John is leaving the White Pass after so much work he put into it to try to bring it's past into the future.
Here in Alaska, the White Pass is as close as we can get to an operating narrow guage railroad. Although we operate an 0-4-0 Porter here in Fairbanks on occasion, Skagway is a 14 hour drive away at a minimum.
I felt privledged to have been able to sit down with John and pick his brain about narrow guage matters.
Yes, steam is an expensive thing to maintain. But also consider this: When they say they cannot afford to run steam, it ought to be more like they cannot 'not' afford to run steam. Its an identity thing I think.
Does anyone know what John is gonna do?
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