[PRCo] Re: PTM__Equipment__Acquisition

[James B. Holland]

> Jim Holland wrote:
>
>> Then it is possible that such museums are now nearing their geriatric 
>> years. Everything gets old and worn out - even organizations.
>>
> Fred Schneider wrote:
>
> Unfortunately the business angle brings in the money to allow the 
> chaps to go and run the cars that they saved. There may be another 
> choice. Would you rather see government run your museum? Then the 
> decision would not have anything to do with whether or not it makes money.


Now  There  Is  An  Idea.       Big  Brother  Taking  Care  Of  All  Of  
Us.       That seems to be the general consensus in the U.S.A.  --  
problemo is that pimples forget that the Govt is  WE  The  People  --  
and  WE  pay the bills one way or other!

> .......I'm not even sure I would call Dennis Cramer, on this list, a 
> railfan. I think he is a student of the industry, a school teacher, a 
> band leader, an instructor and supervisor at PTM. Our educator at PTM 
> is not a railfan. And I don't even think Justin Skrbin, who did such a 
> wonderful rehab on 14 and is now working on 4398, would classify 
> himself as a railfan. Justin is much more a young man who likes to 
> work with machines including his antique car.


I'm going strictly by definition  --  if one works With Rail Transit, 
works On Rail Transit, Writes about Rail Transit, collects Photos of 
Rail Transit  --  then one is a railfan.

> This logic is the same is why I'm the treasurer of my church or why 
> I'm on the board of one of the local historical societies. I just want 
> to give back and I think I have something to offer. Doesn't mean I 
> have to carry a Bible all the time or be a graduate historian.


One has to be a Bible Carrier before being a Church Treasurer and should 
Continue being a Bible Carrier after becoming Treasurer  --  can't 
divorce the two.       If the Two are not associated then I question the 
church, the individual, both.


>> Very Interesting summation. I liked the club aspect -- do not like 
>> the business angle -- that's when RailFans are maligned -- it was a 
>> railfan club that started this in the first place but they end up 
>> being maligned. ALL here are railfans -- one may not like the 
>> association but WE Fit the definition. A Rose by Any Other 
>> Name..............
>
>
> Then I would think it is up to the person who doesn't care for the 
> business aspect to pay for the part that he / she wants including the 
> cost of overhaul, maintenance, and perpetually housing the artifact. 
> And remember, thanks to inflation, there is no perpetual care. 
> Cemeteries understand that. When the last lot is sold, the weeds appear.


You Said It Is Up To The Government!!!!!!!


And You And I Push Up Daisies.       If it is not there - we won't be 
either.       Everything comes to an end.       As I have Stated  Many 
Times  --  don't understand the necessity of humans to be worried about 
longevity of Things when the humans can't control their own lifespan.

I Am Very Thankful I enjoyed TrolleyCars in their intended role as 
public transit  --  if they don't last beyond that, so be it!        I 
only get to TrolleyCar museums once every five years on average and that 
is getting stretched even further  --  more like every 7-years or so.




Jim__Holland


I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!

down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!