Re: Antonito Hotels Under New Management ... 
| July 20, 2014 12:11PM |
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John West Wrote:
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> I understand the Steam Train Hotel is under new
> management. I know one person who stayed there
> last March and was very well treated. I stayed
> there the same time Russo did, and yes the lady
> in charge was ... well ... not in charge, but the
> facilities were very functional and clean if a bit
> funky. The problem was the person, not the
> facilities, and if the person has been replaced it
> should be okay, and a step up from the Narrow
> Guage {sic} Inn.
trainrider47 Wrote:
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> I heard the same as John. One of the partici-
> pants on the March charter said it was fine. I
> had heard from other sources that the owners
> had installed new management.
>
> The Narrow Gauge Inn is also under new manage-
> ment. Since the old management did a good job,
> given the limited resources that the out of state
> owners provided, it would be interesting to hear
> what people's experiences have been there this
> year. Clean but basic was my impression
> from 2012.
John Cole Wrote:
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> Chris and I rented two rooms at the Narrow Gauge
> Inn during the work session in June and the man-
> agers came out in their pajamas at 8:30 in the
> morning. Different world in Antonito for sure.
Rich Muth Wrote:
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> Jim: My wife and I stayed {at the Steam Train
> Hotel} the night before our Geology Train in June
> There is indeed new ownership and management
> and we enjoyed our stay.
Good News and Mixed News, apparently -
Glad I responded publicly instead privately, as otherwise I would not have learned of the improved situation downtown nor of the change -
yet to be evaluated - out at the junction.
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/20/2014 12:18PM by Johnson Barr.
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> I understand the Steam Train Hotel is under new
> management. I know one person who stayed there
> last March and was very well treated. I stayed
> there the same time Russo did, and yes the lady
> in charge was ... well ... not in charge, but the
> facilities were very functional and clean if a bit
> funky. The problem was the person, not the
> facilities, and if the person has been replaced it
> should be okay, and a step up from the Narrow
> Guage {sic} Inn.
trainrider47 Wrote:
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> I heard the same as John. One of the partici-
> pants on the March charter said it was fine. I
> had heard from other sources that the owners
> had installed new management.
>
> The Narrow Gauge Inn is also under new manage-
> ment. Since the old management did a good job,
> given the limited resources that the out of state
> owners provided, it would be interesting to hear
> what people's experiences have been there this
> year. Clean but basic was my impression
> from 2012.
John Cole Wrote:
========================================
> Chris and I rented two rooms at the Narrow Gauge
> Inn during the work session in June and the man-
> agers came out in their pajamas at 8:30 in the
> morning. Different world in Antonito for sure.
Rich Muth Wrote:
========================================
> Jim: My wife and I stayed {at the Steam Train
> Hotel} the night before our Geology Train in June
> There is indeed new ownership and management
> and we enjoyed our stay.
Good News and Mixed News, apparently -
Glad I responded publicly instead privately, as otherwise I would not have learned of the improved situation downtown nor of the change -
yet to be evaluated - out at the junction.
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/20/2014 12:18PM by Johnson Barr.
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