Re: We are all marketing experts

Gavin,
Are not most of the UK train rides considered "Heritage Railways"! I think so!!!!
Does it matter who rides the trains as long as they run and sell tickets. Why beat up the few railfans that are out there. We need all the help we can get from all camps the way I see it!
And to Rich Muth. How do you tell a railfan from a general rider. Of course the ones with foam coming out of both sides of their mouth are railfans, but most fans I know are more normal than you think. I get real tired of everyone beating up on fans for one reason or another. After all its the fans who do some of the special things, like charters, etc. Also many fans do come back to a railroad, unlike Gavin suggested. I started going to Colorado in 1954, and until 1989 never made it past there to the west coast.
Does foreign travel to see steam make me a freak! I hope not. I learned more on those steam trips about those countries than I would have on a tour bus!
I find it distasteful that many folks who work on the tourist trains have this outward dislike for railfans. If thats the case its no wonder many don't want to go back for a second visit!!!
No offense intented to anyone...just opinions on my part on comments by others.
Greg