[ale] Proposed ALE/Chugalug Outing..

[Thompson Freeman]

On 02/17/2009 10:27:11 AM, Mike Harrison wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Sean wrote:
> 
> > Where is this museum?
> >
> > Sean,
> >   Who has a grandson who is totally hooked on old trains
> and
> > the English stories about Thomas (the yard engine) and
> his friends.
> 
> http://www.tvrail.com/   - Chattanooga TN.
> 
> The website does not give the yard credit.. lots of cool
> trains
> in the yard, including some attempts at high speed
> passenger trains.
> My fav: Amtrak skydome.. I had ridden many a mile in one
> many many moons
> ago - what a way to see the country.
> 
> Looks like, from both public and private e-mails I have
> received..
> I have some work to do in a couple of months.
> 
> I'll table this until I talk to them about schedule and
> options,
> Guessing that April or May will be a good time to bring
> this up
> and schedule it.
> 
> Notes to various comments included in other emails.
>   You can't just put a passenger car on a freight train..
>   The tracks ran on have to be "passenger certified" and
> the
>   train scheduling and routing is different if there are
> passengers.
>   That's why there is no Amtrack in Chattanooga. No
> passenger
>   capable rails..


Oh bother!