The Friend achievements....
| October 13, 2022 02:25PM |
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This picture tells a lot of the story...
....basically every car rebuilt by the Friends from the ground up, and not just cosmetically.
One of the interesting issues with regard restoration is "preservation" versus "recreation". Some historians, including some in the state historic offices that have some say in what happens on the C&TS, have in the past preferred to see original bits preserved, rather than new recreations, no matter how authentic. Similar to the debate about using historic equiipment consumes original fabric, etc. Clearly not a black and white issue, not always consistently applied, but one of the constraints on what the Friends of the C&TS can do. Seems to me that is one of the things that has stopped any effort to rebuilt the snow sheds.
I just feel lucky that we have dedicated volunteers working at so many historic railroads now.
JBWX
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/13/2022 02:30PM by John West.
....basically every car rebuilt by the Friends from the ground up, and not just cosmetically.
One of the interesting issues with regard restoration is "preservation" versus "recreation". Some historians, including some in the state historic offices that have some say in what happens on the C&TS, have in the past preferred to see original bits preserved, rather than new recreations, no matter how authentic. Similar to the debate about using historic equiipment consumes original fabric, etc. Clearly not a black and white issue, not always consistently applied, but one of the constraints on what the Friends of the C&TS can do. Seems to me that is one of the things that has stopped any effort to rebuilt the snow sheds.
I just feel lucky that we have dedicated volunteers working at so many historic railroads now.
JBWX
.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/13/2022 02:30PM by John West.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.