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Ok, we are still in the "set up" mode for this adventure so thats why I am asking all you guys for imput. Our storm chase tours include the motel room fees, last 6 days, work our of OKC and Omaha, run about $1600. But we have some overhead that will not come into play with railfan tours. Some of our expensive radar gear will not be involved with train chasing. With the storm tours, clients fly in to OKC from distant cities, and this may or may not be a factor in this new endeavor. While chasing last year in Kansas, I was amazed at the level of heavy freights that were chugging across the plains. I did not know that rail traffic was back to that level in this country. To an easterner, all we ever here is that rail traffic is dying and that we ought to rip up the tracks to make room for condos! LOL. Makes me think the rail industry needs a new PR firm! In Kansas, I saw freights running only 1/2 mile apart on the mainline and with trains stacked up in the hole all over. And it looks like UP is adding a new line next to the old??? It seems to be a good time to witness the re-birth of the American rail system.!! <br />When is the last time you heard of an eastern railroad adding a line ? On a side note....I live in Pennsylvania, and here in the home of Erie Railroad, they announced just yesterday that they will build a new rail museum from scratch and it will house the archives of the E, the EL and maybe some of the old A& GW if they can find it. Some forward thinking railroad employee saved TONS of paper from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s and gave them to the historical society and now they will get a home of their own. This museum will be in Meadville and is planned to be on land once owned by the Atlantic and Great Western ( once the site of the largest in-door train terminal in the world) <br />and all is scheduled to be in place by next year for construction.
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