Russo Loco Wrote:
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> 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
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> > on the trim of a locomotive.
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> 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 accuracy of the painting & lettering
> of two of the C&TS "Museum's" collection of
> histœric 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.
Russ you said "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." This is why I did the apology post"
