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<p>That's not the point I made. The point I made is that enthusiasts paid virtually no attention to the standard-gauge. They viewed the narrow-gauge as the unique and unusual operation, and their preservation efforts (which began in the <em>1940s!</em>) focused 100% on the narrow-gauge. And look what was preserved -- two major sections as living museums of early 20th century railroad practice. </p><p>As a career railroader, having a strong interest in railroad history as do many of my fellow officers and craft employees, and knowing many of the people at the Rio Grande (many now deceased) that did a great deal to preserve the really important parts of Rio Grande history that you probably are not even aware of -- the photographic and documentary record, not just the hunks of iron -- your characterizations of us are both sententious and tendentious. The Rio Grande could have abandoned the Silverton and what became the C&TS, and instead as corporate policy chose to hang on until the rest of the world caught up to it. You don't really know what happened inside the 1531 Stout Street headquarters, where many people put their careers on the line to save history at the expense of the stockholders. </p><p>S. Hadid </p>
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