Dear Santa,
I know that others and I asked for a lot last year, but you delivered. Gardner now looks like a 1:1 version of someone's carefully-tended 1:87 version of what Gardner should look like. Athol is getting better. The Wachusett Extension project -- however slowly -- is progressing. Mill 8/Newark America service-restoration is fact. The Leominster garage got opened, and other parts of the east-of-Fitchburg T upgrade have really moved along. PAR/S power failures still occur, but not with the same predictability as earlier, meaning more power is reliably available. I don't know the last time FI-1 had to help a WB up Da Hill to 345.
At the risk of seeming greedy and repetitive, there are some things I'd like for this Holiday season. First, could you make things right for Noel Weaver and everyone else similarly situated?
Also, even though they're not as nice-looking as the NewBlues, I'd appreciate it if you could use your influence so the NS 3400s stayed around at least a little longer. They do haul.
Oh, and thanks for all the Conn River work. It's good to see the rebirth of the valley accompanied and aided by the rebirth of rail in the valley. And looming excursion service on the Adams Branch? Wow! Next, will there be Grandma Moses excursions from Bennington to Eagle Bridge?
What seems to have changed mostly in the PAR/S world is its paradigm -- from retrenchment to expansion. Please, Santa, may we have some more and more quickly? That might be a problem in parts of D-1, but if anyone can do it, you can.
One other thing that I am truly grateful for is that there is far less of something. Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) has become a far less contentious site. Differences and disagreements still get expressed, but discordant tone has vanished.
Thanks again!
s/
jaymac
I know that others and I asked for a lot last year, but you delivered. Gardner now looks like a 1:1 version of someone's carefully-tended 1:87 version of what Gardner should look like. Athol is getting better. The Wachusett Extension project -- however slowly -- is progressing. Mill 8/Newark America service-restoration is fact. The Leominster garage got opened, and other parts of the east-of-Fitchburg T upgrade have really moved along. PAR/S power failures still occur, but not with the same predictability as earlier, meaning more power is reliably available. I don't know the last time FI-1 had to help a WB up Da Hill to 345.
At the risk of seeming greedy and repetitive, there are some things I'd like for this Holiday season. First, could you make things right for Noel Weaver and everyone else similarly situated?
Also, even though they're not as nice-looking as the NewBlues, I'd appreciate it if you could use your influence so the NS 3400s stayed around at least a little longer. They do haul.
Oh, and thanks for all the Conn River work. It's good to see the rebirth of the valley accompanied and aided by the rebirth of rail in the valley. And looming excursion service on the Adams Branch? Wow! Next, will there be Grandma Moses excursions from Bennington to Eagle Bridge?
What seems to have changed mostly in the PAR/S world is its paradigm -- from retrenchment to expansion. Please, Santa, may we have some more and more quickly? That might be a problem in parts of D-1, but if anyone can do it, you can.
One other thing that I am truly grateful for is that there is far less of something. Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) has become a far less contentious site. Differences and disagreements still get expressed, but discordant tone has vanished.
Thanks again!
s/
jaymac
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