IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ONE ORGANIZATION CAN BE SO PIG HEADED, SO IGNORANT, GOVERNED BY STUPID, NON SENSITIVE, CHILDREN WHO CALL THEMSEVLES ADULTS, WHO HAVE MINDS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, NOT AWARE OF A WHAT HAS BEEN WORKING AND RUNING, VERY POPULAR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD, WITH PRICELESS, ONE OF A KIND, ROLLING STOCK, STEAM SHAYS AND #40 ALL RUNNING AND MAINTAINED FLAWLESSLY, ORDERED THE ORIGINAL PIONEERS OF THE LOOP,TO CEASE OPERATIONS, AFTER 30 YEARS, AND ACCORDING TO THIS ORGANIZATION, THE COLORADO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHO JUST COMMITED THE STUPIDOUS BLUNDER IN HISTORY, AND GOT AWAY WITH IT TO BOOT...I CANT BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE RAILFANS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ALL AGREED TO THROW THIS WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF ROLLING STOCK, ENGINES TO THE WIND TO A EAST COAST TWO FOOT GAUGE OPERATOR WITH ''NO'' 3 FT NG EQUIPMENT, BUT NOW OWNERS OF A TEAKETTLE HAWAIAN SUGAR CANE ENGINE AND GHOST THAT IS COMPLETELY TORE DOWN AT STRASSBURG ENGINE WORKS TO BE READY IN JULY....NO WAY AND THAT LITTLE BABY STEAM ENGINE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE EXTREME GRADES OR PULL IF THE MOST 4 CARS...THE ORIGINAL VERY WELL RUNNING OPERATOR WAS RUNNING GEARED ENGINES, VERY GOOD FOR THE EXTREME GRADES, RAN 9 CARS FULL OF RAILFANS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD DIESELS BE ALLOWED, THIS IS COLORADO, STEAM IS KING, THEY WANT TO DIESELS, TELL THAT YANKEE OUTFIT TO MOVE BACK TO THEIR CANALS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE ABSOLUTELY, NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE NARROW GAUGE AND ITS HISTORY. I CAN BELIEVE THAT ALL THE MONEY THAT THE ORIGINAL GTLOOP COMPANY MADE IN PROFIT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS MUST HAVE BEEN BLOWN ON THE EXTRACTION AND MOVING COST OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO THE COL RR MUSEUM. ALL I CAN SAY IS I AM REALLY UPSET THIS OCCURED..I AM JUST ONE PERSON..I HAVE RIDDEN AND CHASED THE GT LOOP RR FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, OVER 25 OCCASIONS WHEN I WAS IN COLORAD FOR THE NARROW GAUGE CONVENTIONS...IN FACT I WAS AT THE LOOP WHEN THE DEVILS GATE WAS OPENED, THE OPENING CEROMONY, AND RODE THE FIRST TRAIN...I HAVE WATCHED A SMALL OPERATOR OF A RR ON THE LOOP, BLOSSOM OVER THE YEARS TO 60 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT..WHO WHEN THE ENGINE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN SILVER PLUME, THEY THE CREW PAINSTAKING PUT IN THE FLOOR ON THEIR OWN, THE ORIGINAL GT LOOP PEOPLE SHOULD BE HONORED IN A CEROMONY FROM THE GOVENOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AND THE BOYSCOUTS AT THE HISTORICAL GRP,THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN A PLAQUE FOR YEARS SERVED AND SOME NOTORIETY AND GOOD PRESS. I WONDER IF THE SENIOR MEMBERS AND THE FATHERS OF THE GRADE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS KNOW WHAT THIS GROUP DID WITH OUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE ''DESTROYED HISTORY'', WATCH THE ATTENDENCE PLUMMENT TO ZERO, I CANT GET OVER THIS HISTORICAL GROUP DOING THIS ATROCITY TO THE STATE OF COLORADO AND TO THE RAILFANS...IF IT AINT BROKE...THEN DONT FIX IT....I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR THE GT LOOP CREW..THEY ARE #1 IN MY BOOK RICHARD ROEMER...CHOOCHOO RETIRED CHCHOO@MCHSI.COM SEE MY GARDEN RR IN WEBSHOTS..FEATHER RIVER CANYON RAILROAD, I HAVE HAD OVER 46,000 PEOPLE LOOK AT MY PICTURES THIS LAST TWO YEARS. THANKS FOR READING, SORRY TO CAUDE A COMMOTION, BUT I REALLY THING THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, DROPPED THE BALL ON THEIR FOOT, AND WERE REALLY PRESSED WHEN THEY ONLY HAD TWO INTERESTED COMPANIES IN THE RFP...AND THEY CHOSE A COMPANY WITH NO, NG EQUIPMENT..AND THAT COMPANY I BELIEVE SCREWED UP AN ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL, AND NOW THE ARE SPENDING I WOULD ESTIMATE BETER THAN $300,000.00 PLUS PLUS, TO BUY SOME ENGINES AND GET THEM BUILT AND INSPECTED FOR CERTIFICATION, ON THE BOILERS TO RUN IN COLORADO...ALL THIS BY MAY 26 2005..I CAN BELIEVE THE NEW GROUP IS TRYING TO FIGURE HOW THEY GOT INTO THIS MESS AND DEPLETION OF THERE PROFIT MONEY IS VANISHING. GOOD LUCK.

said richardroemer 2005.04.27 at 20:21:30 PDT