Re: Kyle Visit

Brian Norden Wrote:
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> 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.
>
> BN
>
> P.S. When you think of it, Kyle Railways operated
> several tourist operations while he was alive.

Not quite..... After Willis passed away, Lynn Cecil ran Kyle and the C&TS for several years, including the best years of the C&TS' existence. It was only after Lynn retired and sold Kyle to another company did the bean counters rise up and give it the heave ho.

That plus the fact that the new owners of Kyle Rys (StatesRail) had no interest in steam excursion railroads. They also jettisoned the Yreka Western and California Western. They kept the LK&P is Hawaii only because it was a simple little operation that made boat loads of cash.