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Ok, folks, here's a really important topic. Any ideas or help would be of great service to steam lovers everywhere! As you may have recently read on Trains.com, steam locomotive restoration projects, especially the large ones, are becomming a very endangered species. The Frisco group recently decided to shut down operations because they can no longer afford insurance. 4449 was having difficulties getting new insurance for future excursions after it's run over BNSF to Bend, Oregon. And SP&S 700 will only run this fall over MRL because the passenger operator will cover the insurance. Result: over $1k per ticket!!! If this trend continues, big steam on the mainline may only exist on UP, which funds it's own exclusive program. Is there anything we as fans can do to change this? Are there any ideas for what the preservationist can do to counter this ever increasing cost? Do any of you belong to some of these groups elsewhere, and have found solutions or mitigations?
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