michael Wrote:
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. . . it's armchair quarterbacking, and yes, our
> comments might not yield fruit, but I think it's
> still more productive than complaining about
> letter spacing or the extra white that was used
> on the trim of a locomotive.
IIRC, it was extra silver paint, Michael -
Or, more accurately, aluminium. IMHO, if you notice something a bit "off" and DON'T say something a minor problem might become a major one, as in the old
"For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost . . . for want of a message the battle was lost" allegory (or whatever you call it). A dozen years ago complaints about the replacement of trestles with culverts resulted in the current policy of preserving the historic right-of-way as authentically as possible, and last year's comments about the spacing of numbers on #425's tender led to significant research that improved the histœrical accuracy of the painting & lettering of two of the C&TS "Museum's" collection of early-day locomotives. There may not always be resources available to take care of minor issues immediately, but if they are ignored entirely they might never get fixed.
OTOH, I sincerely hope that at least everyone who already had – or later called in to make – reservations for the double-headers was informed a.s.a.p. that the second engines would not be on these trains and that nobody drove 1,000 miles - or more - only to be disappointed. I suspect that the C&TS gets a lot of new customers each year from word-of-mouth advertising by happy patrons; a little bad-mouthing by someone who got "burned" can do serious harm.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/10/2022 01:26PM by Russo Loco.
