Re: Clear Creek Courant Re: No.9 update/Good News

Skip said:
Those are some interesting comments on the article, eh Chris?
The comments attached to Megan Murphy's articles might be interesting, but those comments are anonymous internet posts... I don't trust anything posted anonymously.
I cannot explain what is happening this year (perhaps Mr. Murphy, for whom the law is named, bought a season ticket?) but I was impressed by what Railstar did --as a startup-- in 2005. I still do not believe the cars Jason rebuilt and had ready for opening day in 2005 are the same cars I saw rotted-out in the North Durango yard during the D&SNG's August 2004 Railfest. During 2005, #12 ran day in and day out all season and, when I visited it in August, #12 was handling the train by itself. They did have that scary-looking derailment of #21 on the high fill, but (expletive-deleted) happens. (Heck, the Railfan magazine article on the GLRR, Inc's dedicating the high bridge included a photo of #15 retrieving a ballast spreader that "got away".)
Anyway, IMHO, 2005 seemed to have gone pretty well for a startup operation... but it did not and could not compare to what the GLRR, Inc. accomplished in 2004. Of course, I am not a Clear Creek County resident, so I was never promised a seamless transition.
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Chris Webster
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