Of course, it's easy to make a small fortune running a railroad. Step 1: Start with a large fortune.
I feel rather confident that if I did hit the Big One, I could not only buy a private car, but probably afford to buy the vacant lot (owned by Union Pacific) across the street, pay UP to add additional track to the Fernley House Tracks, and then have a building constructed over that track to hold the private car. The lot used to have a building on it and I think probably has water and sewer hookups (and if not, it's close enough to install them), so I could store the private car under cover in "warm storage" when I am not using it. I'd have to pay to have the car hauled to Sparks to connect up with Amtrak (as Amtrak wouldn't be able to switch it in at Fernley for operational reasons), but with that many zeros on the check, it's not a problem.
Hey, nothing wrong with dreaming big, is there? I'd love to be able to travel to Worldcon by private railroad car.
Re: Railroads?
I feel rather confident that if I did hit the Big One, I could not only buy a private car, but probably afford to buy the vacant lot (owned by Union Pacific) across the street, pay UP to add additional track to the Fernley House Tracks, and then have a building constructed over that track to hold the private car. The lot used to have a building on it and I think probably has water and sewer hookups (and if not, it's close enough to install them), so I could store the private car under cover in "warm storage" when I am not using it. I'd have to pay to have the car hauled to Sparks to connect up with Amtrak (as Amtrak wouldn't be able to switch it in at Fernley for operational reasons), but with that many zeros on the check, it's not a problem.
Hey, nothing wrong with dreaming big, is there? I'd love to be able to travel to Worldcon by private railroad car.