[PRCo] Re: Railfan acquisitions

[Fred Schneider]

You got it.   


On Nov 7, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

> 	* 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.
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> Mr.Schneider,
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> 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.'
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