Re: mike, i don't think jim was making...
| July 07, 2011 11:37PM |
gothpapa Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Want to save steam railroads? ... go get a degree,
> start a wing-ding business, make freight cars full
> of cash, and fund these projects.
>
> A Scenic director once told me that the only way
> to come out of this business with a small fortune
> is to go into it with a large fortune and quit
> before you lose it all, which was the voice of
> expeience if I ever heard it
.
***********************************************
In spite of the allure of steam and mountain railroading, the above is utterly profound.
I will add that the only real difference between a business and a hobby is that one is supposed to MAKE money.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Want to save steam railroads? ... go get a degree,
> start a wing-ding business, make freight cars full
> of cash, and fund these projects.
>
> A Scenic director once told me that the only way
> to come out of this business with a small fortune
> is to go into it with a large fortune and quit
> before you lose it all, which was the voice of
> expeience if I ever heard it
.***********************************************
In spite of the allure of steam and mountain railroading, the above is utterly profound.
I will add that the only real difference between a business and a hobby is that one is supposed to MAKE money.
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.