Re: Licensing question-correction

Hi Mr. J.B.Bane,
Please let me clarify, that if you have read all my post carefully you will see I have never taken a position for or against the FRA in haveing them in jurisdiction or not having jurisdiction. There are pro and cons and only the law are to be followed by the way it was designed in Washington. Sometime, as in the example of the shut down of the C&TS at a critical time in their season, that there was a personal revenge action by the FRA against some folks on the railroad, and this is out of proper government performance, and is very unusual action. In that case the FRA was a con. Fixing the sub-grade was a pro. Having the FRA extend jurisdiction on something like the Georgetown Loop or Maine NGRR & Museum, is the waste of government time and resources. They have more important things to do, to put it in other words. And they should not be a tourist railroad’s crutch.
Remember, if some NYC subway crashes or the Shade Gap Electric Railway has a head on collision at Rockhill Furnace, PA, don’t look to the FRA to investigate or extend jurisdiction as they come under Section 3, and the Washington Law says the FRA is to be blind to such happenings. IT goes by what the Law calls for, not some office holder’s idea of what he might be interested in including under his command. The FRA is a Federal organization and only has limited authority per the US Constitution over State and Commonwealths obligations. In my career, I was never at odds with the Federal boys.