[PRCo] Railfan acquisitions

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

	* To: Pittsburgh-Railways at Dementia.Org
	* Subject: [PRCo] Interagency cooperation
	* From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
	* Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:56:55 
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> I think what you guys are dealing with here is simply that the
> railfans preserved lists of those things they cared about ...
> cars on steel wheels.  

> Since they didn't care about the rest of the stuff, no one remembers.


Mr.Schneider,

I doubt this is the final word;  there seems to be a multitude of reasons why 
collections
are  incomplete.  A master plan to transition from operating company to railfan 
groups/museums
is not evident is it.  Railfans had to acquire on a priority basis and equipment 
would certainly
seem to be first.  Records are kept for the benefit of the operating company, 
not the railfan.
What isn't an asset or liability would be filed/ forgotten/ buried/ discarded 
etc.  Fans could
only accumulate what Mom and Dad, spouse, roomate would allow.  This is in 
addition to
trying to store an operating railway company in the basement or garage;  it 
can't be done.

I'd rather be thankful for what is available than bemoan what we don't have.


 Phil
Without  a   'coast'   but  not  a   'cause.'