Years ago I too heard that Kyle liked the railroad. The other operations made money and the C&TS did not -- but it all evened out. The profits offset the loses -- or was that the loses offset the profits.
After he died the management team needed every operation to make money. So they gave up the C&TS.
After the Kyle family sold the combined company to others the new owners made changes which included giving up the C&TS. (**)
BN
P.S. When you think of it, Kyle Railways operated several tourist operations while he was alive.
(**) - changed to reflect the comments by Earl in the following post - please read his post
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2015 10:52PM by Brian Norden.