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> > > > > > Greg, if I was paying $5000 for a dome
> > seat
> > > > to
> > > > > > watch the 4014 stomp up Echo Canyon,
> I'd
> > be
> > > > > > pissed.
> > > > >
> > > > > I suspect, or at least I hope that anyone
> > > who'd
> > > > > shell out that kind of loot for just a
> ride
> > > > would
> > > > > be someone who has a pretty good idea
> what
> > > > they're
> > > > > getting into.
> > > >
> > > > I'm impressed that someone can be pissed
> > about
> > > > something that hasn't happened yet and that
> > > they
> > > > are not going to.
> > >
> > >
> > > Not only that, but those ticket prices were
> > done
> > > that way as a fundraiser towards the Golden
> > Spike
> > > Foundation and the Union Pacific Museum using
> > only
> > > 80 passengers. Remember folks, someone has to
> > pay
> > > for all of this when its done! It's amazing
> to
> > me
> > > how everyone assumes it's the UP just trying
> to
> > > "stick it in the back" of the consumer
> without
> > > actually looking at the ticket website.
> >
> > I never said where the money was going one way
> or
> > the other. I knew it was a fundraiser, but
> that
> > was not the point.
> > I just said I wouldn't pay that, which is my
> > opinion. Why is everyone always trying to make
> a
> > big deal out of statements and
> > trying to make it negative! Geez!!!
> > Greg
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> Greg, my statement wasn't an attack on yours or
> anybody's but really directed to a larger very
> dominant and ill-informed public opinion that
> people have made about that small excursion for 80
> passengers. If you are on Facebook, trainorders,
> or any train related forum you'll know what I am
> talking about.
Yes I am a Train0ders member, and know there is a lot of noise there and elsewhere. I can sympathize with some who may have wanted to ride the train but due to the extreme cost could not afford it. So in some respects I see their point of view. But like all the negatives about the current staff, I am not passing judgement on anything UP does, cause I do not know first hand to make any such judgement. Also its their railroad so they can do as they please and end of story. Most are happy they restored 4014, and that goes a long way in my book. The rest is sorta secondary.
Greg