Saturday, November 12, 2005
I recently learned that the Rio Grande Railway Preservation Corp (RGRPC), the operating arm of the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, terminated their operating agreement with the C&TS Railroad Commission, effective November 1, 2005. Here is the Friends' news web-site: http://www.cumbrestoltec.org/news.htm, where this news item appeared.
The States of Colorado and New Mexico, which jointly operate the C&TS Railroad Commission, now must find a new operator for the railroad's 2006 season. The reasons for the RGRPC's stepping aside are not stated very clearly on the Friends' web-site, other than mentiion of their inability to obtain adequate liability coverage from the C&TS.
Another factor may help to explain, at least in part, why the RGRPC has stepped aside as the railroad's operator. Take a look at this story, listed under News Briefs and dated Tuesday, January 27, 2004:
http://www.epexperts.com/modules.php?op ... e&sid=1380
If this is true, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad may have taken quite a severe financial hit, and its future could now be in question.
I recently learned that the Rio Grande Railway Preservation Corp (RGRPC), the operating arm of the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, terminated their operating agreement with the C&TS Railroad Commission, effective November 1, 2005. Here is the Friends' news web-site: http://www.cumbrestoltec.org/news.htm, where this news item appeared.
The States of Colorado and New Mexico, which jointly operate the C&TS Railroad Commission, now must find a new operator for the railroad's 2006 season. The reasons for the RGRPC's stepping aside are not stated very clearly on the Friends' web-site, other than mentiion of their inability to obtain adequate liability coverage from the C&TS.
Another factor may help to explain, at least in part, why the RGRPC has stepped aside as the railroad's operator. Take a look at this story, listed under News Briefs and dated Tuesday, January 27, 2004:
http://www.epexperts.com/modules.php?op ... e&sid=1380
If this is true, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad may have taken quite a severe financial hit, and its future could now be in question.
