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Keep a look out at their website and hope for the best, which is all they are willing to allow us 'common folk' to do.Sadly, those guys started acting like the engine was their personal toy, the second they got it actually running.Prior to that it was all about how  "we need help", "we need support", and  "you can be a part of this experience" all the while that the engine was up on blocks and in need of help. But the second it became operational, all that changed, and the core guys started behaving like some kind of secret society. And it  does suck majorly. (just being frank)A lot of FWRHS members who have waited faithfully for years to see that engine run where shut out in the dark when the test run was actually made...talk about years waiting only to be slapped in the face. In a way, I can KINDA understand where the guys are coming from, because they have delicate negotiations with the (possible) host railroads, who are not  happy with the prospect of thousands of drooling railfans running all over their property just to get a look. But at the same time, I think that the guys running the FWRHS have taken their cliquishness a step (or two) too far. Indeed acting like the engine is now their personal toy...it's selfish, and it's narcistic. But that is life. Hope folks remember the way they have acted, the next time they desperately need everyones help.Here's to hoping these guys FINALLY swing some kinda deal to actually run that jewel, to give the public which has payed a good portion towards the restoration, a chance to see the thing run outside the confines of their little fenced in proving ground.My bet is that their inaugural run will be hundreds of miles away from Fort Wayne, and when they do make it they will sneak out of town like a thief in the night to prevent the people who truly WOULD like to get a look at the machine stretch it's legs, from actually doing so.  So par for that coursereal shame too.Welp, I can hear the hot heads grumbling already, wanting to get in a few shots in rebuttal, so the floor is now theirs [:X]
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