03-27-2014, 03:34 PM
A lot of this is a question of luck and being in the right place at the right time to talk to the right people. On a day to day basis, a lot of ordinary guys are too caught up in their own egos to let someone else take leadership -- this applies ESPECIALLY to established groups, where guys spend years working themselves up the pecking order. I got a lot of use out of the T&HSes in past years. Some, like the NYS&W group or the Three Rivers Narrow Gauge Historical Society, were very, very good while they lasted, taught me a lot, but have since gone defunct. Probably the best fate, and quite possibly a good fate for some of the others at this point.