--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "zephyr9903" <zephyr9903@i...> wrote:
> It's starting to look/sound like we could use a poll, to determine
what we'd
> like to concentrate on here - It certainly seems like we have
interest in a
> MSTS module project, and maybe someone (who knows more about
YahooGroups than
> I) could set up a "conference room" for those of us who want to
participate
> in such a venture.
>
> I would like to suggest, though, that we should look at this not
only as a
> toy for our membership to "play" with, but as an outreach to people
who are
> less aware of the CB&Q and its appeal . . .
>
> For that reason, I think it would be good to use a shovel nose,
since you
> can't get any more distinctively "Burlington" than that . . . and
it would be
> more effective if we have good scenery and intriguing operation.
Using the
> same route I discussed earlier, we might expand the attraction a
lot more,
> though, if we used the Zephyr Rocket and allowed the option to go
all the way
> to the Twin Cities . . . although we'd have to solicit our brothers
in RITS
> to help with information, we'd have that weird "switchback"
maneuver the ZR
> had to make in order to get to/from the RI main into the back of
the Q yards
> and back up to the depot . . . and don't forget the wye entrance to
the
> Hannibal station, either . . .
>
> Do we have enough interest and potential participants to set up an
e-
> conference on the project?
>
> Marshall Thayer
> Mt. Pleasant, IA
Sure, I'll help, but am computer clambrain.
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