Re: Need to sell more (cab ride?) tickets
| June 25, 2016 04:53PM |
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John West Wrote {at/on [ngdiscussion.net]}:
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> I signed up to go because I want to see the 315.
> I suspect the perhaps unexpected opportunity to
> run the 315 transformed the event . . .
John West Wrote {at/on [ngdiscussion.net]}:
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> From what I hear the railroad needs to sell more
> tickets before the operation is a sure thing.
That I understand, John -
But you said "opportunity TO RUN #315", not opportunity to SEE #315 run" (along with two of the seven Geese). I have seen RGS Motor #5 ("Goose" #5) more than once on both the D&S and C&TS, ridden #5 once and also ridden #3 at Knott's (#4 was rebuilt with a bus body similar to #3 and #5; she was a-molderin' away next to the courthouse the year I lived in To-Hell-You-Ride, so I've never seen her run either). I've also ridden both #2 and #7 (still with their original Pierce-Arrow bodies) at the CRRM, but I have never seen #7 stretching her wings out in the real world - so that would indeed be a treat. I have also ridden BEHIND #315 several times on both the D&S and the C&TS, but have never ridden ON #315:
IIRC, you were along on the #315 Moonlight trip from Antonito to Osier back in June of 20-ought-08 (as seen in the third pic, above). I don't recall either of us being allowed to RUN or ride ON #315, so if cab rides are available for an extra charge during the Rendezvous that would indeed be interesting . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/2016 05:08PM by Russo Loco.
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> I signed up to go because I want to see the 315.
> I suspect the perhaps unexpected opportunity to
> run the 315 transformed the event . . .
John West Wrote {at/on [ngdiscussion.net]}:
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> From what I hear the railroad needs to sell more
> tickets before the operation is a sure thing.
That I understand, John -
But you said "opportunity TO RUN #315", not opportunity to SEE #315 run" (along with two of the seven Geese). I have seen RGS Motor #5 ("Goose" #5) more than once on both the D&S and C&TS, ridden #5 once and also ridden #3 at Knott's (#4 was rebuilt with a bus body similar to #3 and #5; she was a-molderin' away next to the courthouse the year I lived in To-Hell-You-Ride, so I've never seen her run either). I've also ridden both #2 and #7 (still with their original Pierce-Arrow bodies) at the CRRM, but I have never seen #7 stretching her wings out in the real world - so that would indeed be a treat. I have also ridden BEHIND #315 several times on both the D&S and the C&TS, but have never ridden ON #315:
IIRC, you were along on the #315 Moonlight trip from Antonito to Osier back in June of 20-ought-08 (as seen in the third pic, above). I don't recall either of us being allowed to RUN or ride ON #315, so if cab rides are available for an extra charge during the Rendezvous that would indeed be interesting . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/2016 05:08PM by Russo Loco.
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