Carhouses, Dave's, Etc./Boeing Vertol and M11

[brathke at juno.com]

Charlie,

We can all comment, "If only they had saved...", but I agree that
overall, PTM, has had a good a balance of
acquisition/restoration/operation/interpretation (the "Four 'Shuns"?),
especially considering its limited resources.

And, your commentary below contains a gem of an aphorism that I'd like to
use as a rotating signature on my e-mails:

         *** You can't save everything. ***

But, do I have to add an obligatory credit line ("Aphorism by Charles
Brown, collection of Bob Rathke")? :-)

Bob 7/10

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On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 23:00:57 -0700 (PDT) Charlesebrown at webtv.net (Charles
Brown) writes:
> Fear not, for the Orange Empire Railway Museum has indicated a strong
> intention for acquiring as many Boeings as they can get their hands 
> on.
> Same for the older San Diego cars when they are disposed of.  Unlike 
> Rio
> Vista, OERM is not concerned about the high maintenance of the cars 
> as
> they have never maintained anything anyway.  Their primary reason 
> for
> getting the cars is to have something to run on the main line as 
> none of
> their standard gauge cars are serviceable for regular operation.
> 
> For what it's worth, every person that I've ever talked to about PTM 
> has
> nothing but positive comments about the museum and organization.  
> You
> can't save everything.  And, as has been pointed out here, the
> streetcars selected for preserving depended a great deal on the
> preference of whoever had the money back then.  This was true of 
> most,
> if not all, museums back in the early days.  I applaud PTM for 
> getting
> what they could and taking care of their collection over the years.  
> By
> contrast, OERM has the finest representation of cars from a city 
> (Los
> Angeles), yet little effort is being made to preserve or interpret 
> the
> collection.  And they are still in the "let's get everything that we 
> can
> get our hands on" mentality which reduces the very limited resources 
> for
> conservation of their collection.  Many pieces of equipment have
> literally not been touched since coming to the museum.
> 
> So whatever problems that PTM may or may not have had in acquiring 
> cars,
> at least you guys have a terrific and caring museum.  
> 
> Charlie
> 
> Charlesebrown at webtv.net
> 

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