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Chris Webster

September 22, 2020 05:58PM

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Andrew Roth
The new Pullman Visitors Center in Chicago is under construction and has a late August 2021 anticipated opening date. A display about D&RG 470 amd its restoration woild be a graat addition to the museum and tell people about the CT&S.

I do not like this idea.

As I understand it, Pullman National Monument is being preserved in order to tell the story of the awful labor strife that occurred there, a supposedly idyllic company town. The local labor strife led to a national strike that shutdown the railroads, caused state and federal troops to be brought in, riots, etc.

It just doesn't seem to be an appropriate place to advertise a tourist railroad, IMHO.

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Marketing Opportunity with D&RG 470	Andrew Roth	September 19, 2020 05:58AM
Re: Marketing Opportunity with D&RG 470	Andrew Roth	September 20, 2020 06:15AM
Re: Marketing Opportunity with D&RG 470	Chris Webster	September 22, 2020 05:58PM
Re: Marketing Opportunity with D&RG 470	Brian Norden	September 22, 2020 06:54PM
Re: Marketing Opportunity with D&RG 470	hank	September 22, 2020 10:03PM
Re: Marketing Opportunity with D&RG 470	Brian Norden	September 22, 2020 11:18PM
Re: Marketing Opportunity with D&RG 470	Brett Wiebold	September 23, 2020 01:23PM
Re: Marketing Opportunity with D&RG 470	Joe Weigman	September 21, 2020 09:44PM

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