[PRCo] Re: New Railway Properties

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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> I don't believe that a lot of the US light rail systems can be 
> justified by any financial yardstick.        They've become political 
> plums, like navy shipyards or air force bases used to be.

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Very  Interesting  Comparison  --  puts Real Punch And Meaning behind 
the systems.

A  Political  Plum  is how the  ({[new!!!]})  Oakland or North Side 
TrolleyCar line can be described  --  or a carrot dangled on a string to 
get someone elected.       An emotional knee jerk without substance that 
will fade into oblivion after the elections.

Additionally, in light of What Was There, it is Extremely Poor Planning 
on the part of Society As A Whole to totally abandon same and then start 
As If New And Unheard of again  --  what a waste in far more than money!


> I also have an intense dislike for the pathological droolers that one 
> encounters on occasion.     Fortunately, few of them visit or (fewer 
> yet) support PTM.

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To put a little different spin on this, everyone has to start somewhere  
--  hopefully time will mellow the individual.       I don't feel 
comfortable around such people but then I don't want to go to an extreme 
and turn Them off to the hobby.      The individual might prove quite 
productive somewhere down the line!


> Perhaps I run five or six trips a year on the line just to stay in 
> practice, usually on weekdays when we're closed but have visitors of 
> one persuasion or another (vendor, potential donor, donor, etc.) we 
> want to take for a ride.

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:-) ;-) :-D :-[ =-O :-$ :-$ =-O :-[ :-D ;-) :-)
;-) Ahhhhhhhhh   Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!  ;-)
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:-[ The  Motives  Revealed!!!!!               :-[
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:-$ You  Had  To  See  That  Coming,  Ed....... :-$ 
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O:-) .......at  least  After  You  Sent  The  Email!!!!!!! O:-)
:-) ;-) :-D :-[ =-O :-$ :-$ =-O :-[ :-D ;-) :-)



> I do, however, strongly support preservation, education and 
> interpretive efforts, and somewhere along the line I get a lot of 
> pleasure from my involvement. I know a lot of nice people with 
> different areas and intensities of interest, and most all have 
> something to bring to the table.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From Fred Schneider
>
>
> I think we all are railfans to some degree but resent using the term 
> because it is a shortened version of rail fanatic.
>
> On Mar 16, 2006, at 5:39 AM, Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. --  
> Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland wrote:
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>>> Fred Schneider wrote:
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>> .
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>>> But I think, as railfans, we need to look to the future just as much 
>>> as we need to look at history.
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>> .
>> .
>> Now this sentence is a Gem -- most peebles here on this list Deny 
>> being a Railfan --
>>
>> .......collect photos of TrolleyCars,
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>> .......collect books of TrolleyCars,
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>> .......participate on TrolleyCar email list(s,)
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>> .......travel the world to visit TrolleyCars,
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>> .......write books about TrolleyCars
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>> .......belong to TrolleyCar Museums
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>> .......maintain websites about TrolleyCars
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>>                 -- but Hey Man --
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>>                                 I ain't no railfan!!!!!!!
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>>
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>>                 Gotta Keep THIS Original Email!
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>>                                 Thank You, Fred!!!
>




Jim__Holland


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