If I Did Have an April Fool Post, It Might Have Been...

[kevin_standlee]

...an announcement that I had purchased this property and would be relocating forthwith to begin operating my own heritage railway.

Thanks to khaybee and jaylake who sent me the listing. It does sound to me like a good way to make a small fortune — provided you start with a large one.

Comments

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Sad - it looks as though it's been foreclosed on.

I got some lovely pictures of the Flyer when we were in NZ...

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

a good way to make a small fortune — provided you start with a large one.

Reminds of the quote from Citizen Kane "You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars *next* year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years."

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

One of my if-I-won-the-Lottery projects was going to be purchasing the "Yuba City Industrial Lead" — one of the last bits of former interurban railroad track in the Marysville-Yuba City area and to operate it under its original historical name of Sacramento Northern, or possibly even its predecessor Northern Electric Railway so that the trains would once again match the letters NE built into the bridge over the Feather River. Alas, the last customer on the line quit, and while there was a potential huge traffic generator at Sutter (the big rice dryer), it's unlikely that we would have been allowed to run 100-car grain trains down the middle of Bridge Street in Yuba City. Also, it's likely that the Feather River bridge isn't strong enough to take fully-loaded modern grain hoppers. Still, it was a fun idea, especially if we could have re-electrified it. (The wires came down just before I was born, I think.)

[travelswithkuma.livejournal.com]

Bears coulds rides.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

That you could! I'd give you a permanent Pass as the line's Supervising Engineer.