[PRCo] Re: Shore Line Trolley Museum

[Fred Schneider]

Seems that Dennis has given us contradictions here ... it has carhouse problems and too much of their track has been destroyed because it sits right on the seashore but it is in a much nicer location because it sits right on the seashore.  It is probably in a better financial position because of more younger New York people ... the ones who want to keep subway cars?  
Whether Dennis intended or not, notice he said only museums.   He did not restrict it to trolley museums.  

I used the amen on the last one.   Can I use "No S--t" this time?   

Like why do we need eight township, borough and county historical societies within ten miles of my home?   Some are going to fail.  The Lancaster County Historical Society (now Lancaster History.Org) has helped to set themselves up for failure by merging with the James Buchanan Foundation.   They didn't have enough problems without taking on an ex president's home.

And I will remind everyone of Derrick squealing at me that it was dreadful that Birmingham, Alabama had a better steel mill museum (Sloss Furnace) than the "Rivers of Steel" or Carrie Furnace in Rankin.   I suggested he should then give his money to the good one to make sure it survives because it isn't probable that we can keep two huge steel mills preserved for people to visit.   

As I look at this continuing economic slump I question our ability to survive let alone maintain trinkets of our past.     




On Aug 30, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Dennis F Cramer wrote:

> The distance between Shore Line & Warehouse Point is not all that great, but 
> one must deal with Hartford in between the two and Hartford can get nasty 
> with traffic.
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> Shore Line not only has the carhouse problem, but also a good segment of 
> track was destroyed and will continue to be destroyed due to their location.
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> Of the two, I think Shore Line is more financially stable and in a much 
> nicer location.
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> Too many museums will be a bigger problem as we progress into a new era in 
> this country.
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>          Dennis F. Cramer
> http://home.windstream.net/dfc1
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