September 22, 2019 08:29AM
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A key point:
Commission made a decision. (At that time)
The commission was changed due to that decision. The new commissioner after that decision and successor would likely approve a mutually beneficial trade.
That only leaves one commissioner in question??
Its simply bad business to not trade a working locomotive or one needing normal work vs a massive amount(at tax payer's expense). As well, adding a missing piece of equipment to complete a museum function isn't good business. It's simply bad business to disregard the hard work and expertise of the in house expert of steam locomotives who's the commission's key employee. More bad business means more new commissions needed.
An idea for any future trades, swaps on 483? Unless one has spent time down in the railyard working in 483 they have no skin in the game. Therefore no voice in the game.
Anyone can volunteer to work on 483.
One railroad will likely in the future need a mixed fleet of oil/coal burners. One's likely to remain all coal. Things like the 478/483 trade might likely happen again due to changes in both railroad's business plans.
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MaxTheC&TLover |
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drgwk37 |
September 19, 2019 06:51PM |
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evankamp |
September 19, 2019 07:00PM |
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John Cole |
September 19, 2019 08:18PM |
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John Cole |
September 19, 2019 08:19PM |
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Rob483 |
September 19, 2019 09:51PM |
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Peyton Smith |
September 20, 2019 07:00AM |
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Bill M. |
September 20, 2019 07:40AM |
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Peyton Smith |
September 20, 2019 07:55AM |
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evankamp |
September 20, 2019 08:03AM |
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drgwk37 |
September 22, 2019 07:44AM |
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Rich Murray |
September 20, 2019 08:19AM |
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MaxTheC&TLover |
September 20, 2019 06:31AM |
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JoeK |
September 21, 2019 07:33AM |
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Greg Scholl |
September 21, 2019 07:59AM |
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JoeK |
September 21, 2019 12:46PM |
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John Cole |
September 21, 2019 09:09PM |
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JoeK |
September 21, 2019 09:41PM |
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sptno |
September 22, 2019 10:22AM |
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Russo Loco |
September 22, 2019 02:34PM |
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John Cole |
September 22, 2019 06:47PM |
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Steve Forney |
September 21, 2019 10:47PM |
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michael |
September 19, 2019 09:35PM |
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Will Gant |
September 19, 2019 10:57PM |
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Joe Weigman |
September 19, 2019 11:46PM |
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Sharrod |
September 20, 2019 01:05AM |
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Rob483 |
September 20, 2019 09:33AM |
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John Cole |
September 19, 2019 11:19PM |
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Jerry474 |
September 19, 2019 11:32PM |
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John Cole |
September 19, 2019 11:47PM |
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Joe Weigman |
September 19, 2019 11:51PM |
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Will Gant |
September 20, 2019 12:20AM |
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evankamp |
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KevinM |
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evankamp |
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Mark MPT |
September 26, 2019 09:11AM |
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Jerry474 |
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Carl Quist |
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pd3463 |
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Carl Quist |
September 21, 2019 06:33AM |
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Stephen G |
September 21, 2019 09:28AM |
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Vetapass |
September 24, 2019 11:34AM |
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Rob483 |
September 21, 2019 10:33AM |
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michael |
September 21, 2019 10:58AM |
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Roger Hogan |
September 21, 2019 06:14PM |
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Wayne Hoskin |
September 21, 2019 07:13PM |
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Jerry474 |
September 21, 2019 08:21PM |
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Mark MPT |
September 26, 2019 12:37PM |
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JoeK |
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Roger Hogan |
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Jerry474 |
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Roger Hogan |
September 22, 2019 10:47AM |
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Jerry474 |
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JoeK |
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Jerry474 |
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evankamp |
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JoeK |
September 26, 2019 11:24AM |
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JoeK |
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Kelly Anderson |
September 22, 2019 12:32PM |
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michael |
September 22, 2019 03:31PM |
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JoeK |
September 22, 2019 04:48PM |
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Joe Weigman |
September 22, 2019 06:45PM |
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Carl T. Henderson |
September 24, 2019 09:00AM |
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Roger Hogan |
September 24, 2019 05:28PM |
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Carl T. Henderson |
September 24, 2019 05:38PM |
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Chris Walker |
September 24, 2019 05:50PM |
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Dirk Ramsey |
September 24, 2019 10:50PM |
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JoeK |
September 26, 2019 11:46AM |
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JoeK |
September 26, 2019 11:57AM |
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Will Gant |
September 26, 2019 12:41PM |
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Greg Scholl |
September 26, 2019 02:18PM |
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Will Gant |
September 26, 2019 02:32PM |
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Mark MPT |
September 26, 2019 06:19PM |
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Will Gant |
September 26, 2019 06:57PM |
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Mark MPT |
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JoeK |
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Mark MPT |
September 26, 2019 06:12PM |
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Russo Loco |
September 27, 2019 12:00PM |
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Volvoguy87 |
September 25, 2019 07:57AM |
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michael |
September 27, 2019 08:01PM |
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Will Gant |
September 27, 2019 09:34PM |
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Chris Walker |
September 28, 2019 12:00AM |
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evankamp |
September 19, 2019 07:29PM |
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John Cole |
September 19, 2019 07:38PM |
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evankamp |
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cdaspit |
September 19, 2019 07:52PM |
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Mike Stillwell |
September 19, 2019 09:18PM |
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John Cole |
September 19, 2019 08:02PM |
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evankamp |
September 19, 2019 08:19PM |
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jeffsmith |
September 20, 2019 09:49AM |
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Greg Scholl |
September 20, 2019 10:34AM |
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Russo Loco |
September 20, 2019 05:35PM |
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Carl Quist |
September 23, 2019 09:29PM |
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JoeK |
September 23, 2019 09:42PM |
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John Cole |
September 23, 2019 09:52PM |