by BSOR Patarak
Thank you. It made it in last second for the December issue. They put in a nice write up on the following page too! Thanks Railpace!
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Moderator: Benjamin Maggi
Mountcastle wrote:If you ask me, they ought to bugger the diesels altogether and focus exclusively on steam power. What attention they'd receive, both within the 'railfan' community and in the media, as the only short line railroad in the United States operating steam locomotives for everyday operations.... I hope to be proved happily wrong, but I think that if the Arcade & Attica wants to see a bright future, it ought to look to the past.You got a couple million in your pocket that you're not telling us about? Railroads are here to make money as a business, the steam is merely an "attraction." Diesels keep the cost of hauling freight down and make the steam runs cost-effective.
BR&P wrote:IMHO, the purpose of a moderator is to keep an eye on forums to prevent slander, flame wars, obscenity or advertisements. If the thread goes "all over the place", so be it as long as things are civil (which they seem to be here) A couple others of us have - respectfully - pointed out problems with Mountcastle's all-steam proposal, and he has - respectfully - accepted those points. What's the beef?Just sayin'... didn't want to loose sight of the fact that we had a nice photo on page 1 that started the conversation... and I didn't want to see Mr. Mountcastle to think we're ganging up on him or anything... if there was a real problem, youd'a seen an explanation or a directive by now.