Although I know virtually nothing about the players involved, I can actually add one item to WP&Ymike's post. A few years back, the CRRM's operating steam locomotive stopped operating. At that time, the GLRR loaned an operating 3 ft gage diesel locomotive to the CRRM. While the CRRM's steamer is being rebuilt in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, the CRRM uses the GLRR's locomotive to pull trains at the CRRM on its "operating days".
The only reason I mention this is that it is probably important to know that the CRRM and GLRR have an existing relationship that goes back at least a few years.
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Chris Webster
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