Steve,
Thanks for the kind comments. I would appreciate it if you would send a co=
py
of your message to:
Editor, Galesburg Register Mail
Galesburg, Illinois 61401.
It would also be nice if other BRHS members with similar thoughts took pen =
in
hand and sent messages to the same publication with their comments. A copy =
to the Galesburg Area Chamber of Commerce RR Days Council and the
Galeburg Convention and Visitors Bureau might also be in order.
A note to the President of Carl Sandburg College thanking him and the entir=
e
staff of the institution for their efforts to make the Train Show what it i=
s also
might be a nice gesture.
I personally want to thank those who attended this years event and can
assure you that we are all ready planning for a train show at Carl Sandburg=
College in 2004.
Now to get some sleep!
Harry M Grossman
Director, Carl Sandburg College
Galesburg Railroad Days Train Show
In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen J. Podwojski" <spodwo@y...>
wrote:
> Wonderful job on setting up the train show. I met Mr. Lotz and
> purchased severl of the great "Burlington Bulletins". Fantastic
> publications. I will be joining the BHRS and I am very impressed
> with how the organization works.
>
> Sadly - their are many in Galesburg which want Galesburg RR days to
> go away and based on what I saw this year - it looks like it will
> probably be the last year for this event, as I knew it...
>
> I can't begin to tell you how many people that traveled hundreds of
> miles to partake in this year's "non-event" RR Days. They won't be
> back next year. Of course, based on what I have seen ? it doesn't
> look like there will be a Railroad Days next year. The momentum is
> gone. It would take years to rebuild the numbers of attendees from
> previous years.
>
> Anyway, I know many worked hard hours to bring the event to fruition
> this year but unless the Chamber, Town Council, Railroad Museum,
> BNSF, and the Local Area Merchants get their act together - it's just
> going to be "The Train Show" in the future....
>
> Again - this post is nothing against the BHRS nor the work that Harry
> Grossman has put into this aspect of the RR days event at Carl
> Sandburg. It's really just a shame that most of the local community
> wants RR days to just "go away".
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