tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755335.post7459272044205431000..comments2023-10-31T06:12:50.450-07:00Comments on El Dorado Western Railway: Imagine a real Thomas The Tank Engine'Round the Chuckboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14986737631678120373noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755335.post-84151970923498015842010-08-21T12:19:02.781-07:002010-08-21T12:19:02.781-07:00I would like to ride the train. I believe trail us...I would like to ride the train. I believe trail users would find our train history interesting. Do you have an idea when you will start laying track in the Park. Seems like that would be priority one. <br /><br />I know the pressure is on to get this moving and show some progress. We still offer to help. I would like to swing a hammer and drive a spike into a tie. I am not sure how many I can put down. Do you know how many weekends a year you are going to run the train? Any projections on how many riders per weekend?Mike Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008880610013085916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755335.post-5971382014073451182010-08-21T11:59:39.529-07:002010-08-21T11:59:39.529-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008880610013085916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755335.post-54599271672860185552010-08-20T12:19:34.919-07:002010-08-20T12:19:34.919-07:00Yes, Mike, we are listening. The El Dorado Western...Yes, Mike, we are listening. The El Dorado Western is listening to those who do not want any of the track from Folsom to Placerville (Missouri Flat Rd.) torn out. Although the El Dorado Western has primary interest in the section from the El Dorado Wye to end-of-track, we believe that preserving the complete right-of-way for all interests is the right thing to do. The Placerville Branch should be preserved for bicyclists, hikers, equestrian folks and railroad enthusiasts, so that all citizens of El Dorado County and beyond can enjoy it.<br /><br />I agree about bikes and trains. It'd be fun to mount a bike rack on front of the Diamond and Caldor No. 10 railbus. Families could cross Missouri Flat Road to the terminal depot behind Wal-Mart, board the Railbus and ride to the El Dorado Depot, or even further west to the Wye.<br /><br />The El Dorado Western may not meet with the Friends in private as you have proposed, but we are meeting in the appropriate venues, such as the meeting that was scheduled with DOT yesterday (subsequently canceled and rescheduled by DOT) and in front of the Trails Advisory Board and the Parks and Recreation Commission. As representatives of the museum, we are duty bound to work through the appropriate county structures.<br /><br />Mike, we'll save you a seat in the caboose cupola,<br /><br />Steven Karoly<br />El Dorado Western Railway'Round the Chuckboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986737631678120373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755335.post-28996214489763380412010-08-19T21:58:54.371-07:002010-08-19T21:58:54.371-07:00Don't worry Steve, boys and girls grow up and ...Don't worry Steve, boys and girls grow up and all get bikes for Christmas. Check out all the kids on the bike trail at mo flat and you will see way more bikes and sneakers, than "thomas" t-shirts. They will be able to ride the bikes on the trail to the Train Park and pay to ride the train. <br /><br />I don't think you guys are listening. We are for the Train Park and the Train. We have offerred to help you build it and support it financialy.<br /><br />We have asked to meet with you and you have refused. We have been directed, by the County supes to get together and work this out. Lets get together, we do not bite!<br /><br />We can work this out.<br /><br />Mike Kenison<br />Friends of the El Dorado TrailMike Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008880610013085916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755335.post-12487186868951104952010-08-19T13:52:41.514-07:002010-08-19T13:52:41.514-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Kenisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691858916139530221noreply@blogger.com