September 21, 2005 06:59PM
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The Friends do great work, and are probably not as appreciated as they should be. Whats sad is how little those Rio Grande freight cars they fix, actually get seen, or used.
About 10 years there was a letter writing campaign to the FRIENDS regarding the Chama Water tank. I was one of them. They did a nice job restoring the water tank($50K I think it was), but then used the flying Rio Grande lettering on the tank. To me it should always say Rio Grande while it belongs to the states.
Out of that writing campaign(many others wrote like I did that slowly the Rio Grande history was being dissolved away) the commission met and in their infinite wisdom, decided the tanks, building, passenger cars, and engines would be left C&TS. This also included the static display engines in Antonito, which never turned a wheel other than on the Rio Grande.
Obviously I do not agree with those rules, and think it might be prudent to revisit the idea of saving some more objects in their historic attire.
Like you I don't care about the passenger cars, even though D&RGW would be a nice try to make them historical(at least in memory of the old San Juan).
It just amazes me that if you want to see Rio Grande lettered engines running you have to go to California or Michigan, and not New Mexico or Colorado.
In one of my posts earlier today I mentioned several other railroads do well because of volunteers, and I wonder how much worse off the C&TS would be without the Friends.
Not trying to lay blame on anyone here, as god knows we Americans already try to blame everything on someone, but at least giving my opinion, and perhaps some ideas will stick in the future.
Greg Scholl
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Jerry Day |
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Jerry Day |
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Jerry Day |
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Jerry Day |
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Greg Scholl |
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Greg Scholl |
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Jerry Day |
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Herb Kelsey |
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