Where are those guys indeed.
In antique cars (where I've made some money the past 40 years) you don't have a few thousand back seat drivers who question any investment made on said cars.
Kolvachick get's heat because he saved a dead railroad in a most amazing fashion back in 1955. Now almost 60 years later he's being called a curr because he won't keep financiing the toy for everyone else. Any decision he makes with any part of the EBT get's replied with howls of protest even though, had it not been for him, the EBT would have gone the way of nearly every other abandoned railroad.
If Kolvachick could have seen this thread (and others) into the future might he have reconsidered his salvage plans? Our potential 2013 "Kolvachich's" are reading these posts now. What do you suppose they think?
The implication seems to be that if it wasn't for the "wrong" saviours butting in then there are so many viable contenders in the wings who are being cheated out of thier chance to save the railroads.
The point has been made - it will take a savior or group of saviours to save the EBT. Then once they've spent thier money to save it we can freely criticise them for every decision they make with "our" railroad.
Art Bell, are you listening somewhere?
Be glad for surviving railroads we all love - and give thanks instead of a brickbat to the people who make it possible. If they've saved a railroad but aren't following the purist line - then that's tough. You may not like it - I may not like it, but where were you when the money was needed?
We have a disgusting modern world where we expect "someone else" to pay so we can have fun.
Lon Wall