Re: Just Some Hype.

At risk of irking some folk, I'm going to offer a different perspective for consideration. I rode the 2015 Chama Steam Fall Classic triple-header, and I found the demonstration of the coordination of humans and machines to move tonnage up the grade to be very interesting. Historical, no, but interesting nonetheless. And, the operation had to be "real" railroading; a lot of the cars were empty, but a few carried very precious cargo...

I think in this software-oriented world, there are a lot of folks who slept through high-school physics, and barely have an appreciation for the mass and energy involved in driving their cars, much less the scaling of that to industrial settings. And, what-the-heck about how we've evolved industrially, and why. Demonstrating history is good, but demonstrating the how-tos and whys of these eras is also very important. I find all the industry and technology museums to be quite fascinating in that regard. Okay, I also just like watching multiple steam locomotives do their thing.

History happened a certain way, well and good, but I think there's value in presenting such 'speculative' endeavors. It would appear there's a Chama trip in the works with our twin granddaughters (according to my wife the travel planner, God I love her...), and I look forward to exposing them to both the history and the dynamics.

Definitely For What It's Worth...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2018 07:57AM by Glenn Butcher.