Rick Steele Wrote:
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> Tim,
>
> You can get to the cars, all it takes is a switch
> and about 50 yards of track.
>
> You eat up a lot more Parking Lot with the track,
> but that still doesn't solve the problem that the
> brake systems weren't rebuilt when the cars were,
> that the 911 is still remains unrebuilt under a
> canvas tarp, which has got to be great for
> trapping moisture and accellerating the
> deterioration process and that the cupola on the
> Caboose is too high to fit through the door.
>
> I think that the "Historically Accurate"
> Locomotive will either be the 111 or the Porter
> diesel.
>
> Either way, it ought to attract people from all
> over the world, if they can manage to keep the
> doors open... and the engines running... and the
> brakes working... etc.
>
> Think of it, a respite from Summit County Traffic,
> so you can rejoin the bumper-to bumpre exodus to
> Denver on a Sunday afternoon an hour later... when
> it's dark and colder and icier. Man... What a
> draw!
>
> Rick
Well I'm glad that it is possible to connect the track. Don't need the parking lot anyway. It's just taking up space.