11-11-2010, 07:45 AM
From the looks of that photo, she needs more than paint! First, wasn't it 2101 that sat in a roundhouse and burned up in a fire and now we have 2124 being allowed to sit, rusting away ...
Why is it that almost all of the operating steam, continuous use and restored for use, are Canadian (no offense to Canadians or Canadiens) but we let the Amarican Iron, especially one of the more sigificant Northerns ever built, rust away, uncared for! It nice that they have such a nice new facility there but I have to wonder about the management of the facility! With the combination of Federal bureaucrats, who we know are pure as the wind-driven snow and above any kind or graft or corruption, and local Scranton government, well know for its squeeky-clean politics and politicians, you think they'd take better care of the historic pieces of railroad equipment with which they have been entrusted.
Or is this just another instance of where the private sector would be really creative about raising the necessary funds for restoration but Federally funded projects languish while the bureaucrats charged with the administration of a National Park just become more and more wealthy while the collection of artifacts decay due to "lack of funds."
The whole situation disgusts me!
Name one thing the Federal government does well, outside of the military, which has no real political or governmental administration or management. The Federal government can't even manage to keep our borders secure!
I'll shut up and sit down now.
Why is it that almost all of the operating steam, continuous use and restored for use, are Canadian (no offense to Canadians or Canadiens) but we let the Amarican Iron, especially one of the more sigificant Northerns ever built, rust away, uncared for! It nice that they have such a nice new facility there but I have to wonder about the management of the facility! With the combination of Federal bureaucrats, who we know are pure as the wind-driven snow and above any kind or graft or corruption, and local Scranton government, well know for its squeeky-clean politics and politicians, you think they'd take better care of the historic pieces of railroad equipment with which they have been entrusted.
Or is this just another instance of where the private sector would be really creative about raising the necessary funds for restoration but Federally funded projects languish while the bureaucrats charged with the administration of a National Park just become more and more wealthy while the collection of artifacts decay due to "lack of funds."
The whole situation disgusts me!
Name one thing the Federal government does well, outside of the military, which has no real political or governmental administration or management. The Federal government can't even manage to keep our borders secure!
I'll shut up and sit down now.
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln