Dick Cowles Wrote:
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> John's right, my claim was a qualified one, and
> RGRPC used the regular coaches instead of the
> converted box cars used for the Friend's annual
> moonlight special.
Well this is the problem with the internet, as one can take things
to mean different things or out of context. I think you are right that
before the time you mentioned they were only FOC&TS outings, and yes we had the rider boxcars since that was all that was available at the time with the two other trains in use.
>
> Also, I've long advocated that, if sufficient
> motive power and train crews were available,
> running a Moonlight Train once a week could really
> add to the bottom line -- except of course the
> no-moon nights, when the train would be renamed
> the "Starlight Express."
>
> As for photo selection, the scenic shots done back
> in the RGRPC days that placed the train in the
> scenery were my favorites. Many were done or
> selected by what is now the west Agency with
> guidance and selection provide by Kim Smith
> Casford and John Craft (incidentally, John
> deserves credit for developing the Moonlight Train
> program and he's no slouch as a railroad
> photographer himself).
I guess its a matter of taste. I think I might have had a photo contest and pick some good ones from the hundreds that might have been sent in. You never know what surprises might have shown up. Winners could have either been paid, or given comp tickets for trips, etc. Actually thats something they could make an annual event if they wanted to. Send us your best shots from the previous season, or something like that!!!
Greg Scholl
(PS) Ask Craft who developed the Seasons Pass idea???
