by Tadman
A recent issue of First and Fastest noted that the state and Venango argued constantly about costs and reimbursement. I'm curious how much of that relates to the state never running a railroad and how much relates to the eccentricity of the senior managers at Venango.
Some good cases have been cited in favor of both concepts. The state clearly had no concept of what it took to clean coaches and the remedies of funding new coach cleaning facilities were interesting. On the other hand, you have examples like John Darling running something like an 8 car train for his daughter's sweet sixteen and of course the CM&W buyout, where they grossly overpaid for the ex-Alton and then rostered it with power that was evidently returning to its base carbon form.
THoughts?
Some good cases have been cited in favor of both concepts. The state clearly had no concept of what it took to clean coaches and the remedies of funding new coach cleaning facilities were interesting. On the other hand, you have examples like John Darling running something like an 8 car train for his daughter's sweet sixteen and of course the CM&W buyout, where they grossly overpaid for the ex-Alton and then rostered it with power that was evidently returning to its base carbon form.
THoughts?
The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.