Re: Cumbres & Toltec

rick_b Wrote:
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> This C&TS wouldn't have survived a year if it
> weren't for the subsidies that the two states have
> given the rr every year (not quibbling over which
> one which year). If you are not going to preserve
> the history of steam powered railroading as it
> was, representing the 50-60 year time in our
> history when coal fired steam was the driving
> force of the economy, especially how it affected
> this area of the two states, then why should the
> residents of CO and NM keep pumping money into
> this enterprise? Either you are involved in
> preserving a piece of history or you are not. If
> not, then the rr will have to stand on its own as
> it isn't any different than any other business.
>
> Yes I know it has been around longer, yadda yadda,
> but it just isn't historically significant as a
> tourist railroad. As such, it doesn't represent
> anything other than itself. If this is true, you
> might as well paint faces on the cars and the
> engines blue, as that is all the rage these days
> to grab the almighty tourist dollar.

If somebody paints those engines blue I will go down there and kick there butt myself or I win the lottery then I will buy the Railroad. Paint the engines back to black and chrome and take the faces of the cars.