Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) Discussion - 2012

jmarino wrote:

scoostraw wrote:

jmarino wrote:Question, speaking of the D&U they seem to be holding their own and bounced back from irene , they do something differently than the cmrr or have a different soure of funding or should I not ask , ?

Good question. The answer is that the D&U is fully funded by the communities it serves.

This begs the question as to whether Ulster County deserves (or even wants) a tourist railroad. The CMRR certainly has not gotten anything like the support that the D&U receives. It's hard enough to pursue a project like the CMRR is undertaking. But it's even harder if it seems like you have to force the very idea down the throat of the county which would directly benefit from its fruition.

And my guess is that when conrail took it [ the railroad out of service ] they acted quickly to restore the track, if i recall right they were running to highmount in 83 ? My point is what you said does the county want or ever wanted a tourist railroad ?

jmarino wrote:Question, speaking of the D&U they seem to be holding their own and bounced back from irene , they do something differently than the cmrr or have a different soure of funding or should I not ask , ?

RussNelson wrote:Easier than getting a grant to clean up an already-abandoned railroad.

U.V.#200 GE70 Tonner wrote:How many online customers were left in 1976 and how many carloads were being shipped per month?

Otto Vondrak wrote:

jmarino wrote:Question, speaking of the D&U they seem to be holding their own and bounced back from irene , they do something differently than the cmrr or have a different soure of funding or should I not ask , ?

From what I understand, a private trust funds the DURR, along with some support from local communities.

Here's an important footnote (I'm gonna get smacked for saying this, too). Ulster County owns the railroad property. The CMRR cannot go out on its own and seek grants and funding or other sources of income. The county must make the application on behalf of the railroad.

-otto-

eehiv wrote:Many thanks for everyone's support. We have our work cut out for us. Now, back to work....
Your welcome
Friday, October 12th

Our scenic train will be running Friday from 10am to 3pm.


Saturday, October 13th

George Peck will lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's at 9am.

The scenic train will run from 10am to 3pm. We need as many hands as possible to handle parking and ticketing as this is one of our busiest days of the year.


Sunday, October 14th

George Peck will again lead a crew to complete the Longyear Siding extension. He will start at Longyear's 9am.

The scenic train will run from 10am to 3pm. We need as many hands as possible to help out!


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

Marty Feldner wrote:Sounds like Ulster County Exec Michael Hein has been taking lessons from his neighbor to the south, our very own Orange County Exec (Emperor?) Ed Diana- the master of "Ready, Fire, Aim".

jmarino wrote: And i believe all the remaining customers had found other means of delivery

jmarino wrote:Otto, I am correct in my thinking the remaining portion of the line from the smith ave to indapendent cement stopped in November of 1979 ?

Otto Vondrak wrote:

jmarino wrote:I agree with getting line up and running west from c-9 , however lets make shokan so we have the scenic veiw of mtns and reservoir and we can needed materials and equipment up to replace boiceville tresle, get to shokkan put a run around in and go from there,

Excellent plan (you must have read our progress reports from the last few years).

How should we go about accomplishing that goal any faster than we've been trying over the last few years? I mean, it's not like folks have been sitting on their hands for the last five years... Every time the railroad advances, it seems Mother Nature has other plans, like a flood, or a slide, or a slide then a flood... or a hurricane... or... well, you get the idea.

-otto-