Welcome! Log In Create A New Profile

Re: WM Scenic problems & Bicycle Nazis

Forum List Message List New Topic Print View

SVRy Lineman

March 01, 2005 11:26PM

Regardless of who is trying to push the RR out, the real point that has to be hung onto is the staggering cost to put something like a RR back into place once it is gone. Having that physical plant there is half the battle won. Once you pull up the track, things are close to hopeless. Building a bicycle trail requires almost zero engineering by comparison. I am a hardcore rider. Bicycle trails are nice, but really, does the world really need to rip up more existing (and semi-irreplaceable) track to put in yet one more bicycle trail?

Reply Quote

Message List Previous Message Next Message

RSS

Subject	Author	Posted
Other suffering railroads. LINK	Kevin Bush	February 28, 2005 09:53PM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	Daniel Maxwell	March 01, 2005 06:44AM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	Kevin Bush	March 01, 2005 12:41PM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	Mike Stillwell	March 01, 2005 01:08PM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	John Craft	March 01, 2005 07:23AM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	Greg Scholl	March 01, 2005 07:45AM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	creeker	March 01, 2005 08:25AM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	Dave Bates	March 01, 2005 08:56AM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	C. Irvin	March 01, 2005 09:08AM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	Kevin Bush	March 01, 2005 12:46PM
Re: Other suffering railroads.	John Craft	March 01, 2005 05:51PM
WM Scenic problems, abandonment?	Dale W. Brown	March 01, 2005 11:15AM
Re: WM Scenic problems, abandonment?	John Craft	March 01, 2005 12:41PM
WM, Not NG but a great mountain RR endangered	Michael Allen	March 01, 2005 01:29PM
Re: WM, Not NG but a great mountain RR endangered	Greg Scholl	March 01, 2005 01:47PM
Re: WM, Not NG but a great mountain RR endangered	John Craft	March 01, 2005 05:48PM
Re: WM, Not NG but a great mountain RR endangered	Michael Allen	March 02, 2005 07:30PM
Re: WM Scenic problems & Bicycle Nazis	John Frank	March 01, 2005 09:21PM
Re: WM Scenic problems & Bicycle Nazis	SVRy Lineman	March 01, 2005 11:26PM
Re: WM Scenic problems & Bicycle Nazis	Al Patterson	March 02, 2005 08:13AM
Re: WM Scenic problems	SZuiderveen	March 02, 2005 04:58PM
Bicycle Nazis?	WP&Ymike	March 02, 2005 12:21AM
Re: Bicycle Nazis?	SVRy Lineman	March 02, 2005 08:44AM
WMSR newspaper poll LINK	Christopher D. Coleman	March 02, 2005 09:49AM

Sorry, you can't reply to this topic. It has been closed.

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.