tatans The big mystery @ the "Canadian' is the massive interest in this train from the U.S. What is the interest in this foreign train? Nice train, I've been lucky to ride it a few times and the greed of the C.P.R. not to continue passenger service to Canada when they were given untold vast amounts of land in promise of passenger service, we want our land back.
The big mystery @ the "Canadian' is the massive interest in this train from the U.S. What is the interest in this foreign train? Nice train, I've been lucky to ride it a few times and the greed of the C.P.R. not to continue passenger service to Canada when they were given untold vast amounts of land in promise of passenger service, we want our land back.
I am sorry, but this is almost off topic, and just a little myopic. It certainly has little association with history. The CPR was the only railroad willing to tackle an immense railroad, coast-to-coast, that the government of the day couldn't pay for, and of course neither could the fledgling CPR. So, they were given 20 miles on either side of the ROW in perpetuity in lieu so that with that substantial asset they could borrow the money to make what is now tthe trans-continental railroad. That land was payment.
It's still off topic.
Crandell
don7 Why has this thread not been locked. Discussion is simply repeating itself. This post must be the record for unfounded assumptions. Mediators, where are you?
Why has this thread not been locked. Discussion is simply repeating itself. This post must be the record for unfounded assumptions.
Mediators, where are you?
Crandall has left the building!
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N Scale Diesels......I like 'em
2 things...
One, I tend to read more than I post, but when I do I try forget about the Cap Lock button for a little while and i never bold-face what I write. Internet etiquette considers that shouting.
Also, I try to re-read my posts before I submit them to make sure I'm not sounding snotty.
Two, and more in line with the topic at hand, I think most people are forgetting how often BLI, PCM and other manufacturers have had to cancel production runs due to low pre-orders. I urge everyone who doesn't think so to check http://www.broadway-limited.com/paragon2atsfmodernized2-10-2.aspx and scroll down to take a look at the a) lack of delivery date and b) a request to "Order from your dealer today!"
In other words - Pre-order, or else we aren't producing.
Just my humble opinion...
I just hope that in the future, threads like this wont start rolling, and keep rolling, over everyone's toes.
And just to add, the only reason why I won't be purchasing the Canadian is because I have university tuition to pay for. Hey if production doesn't start for another 4 years I might be out of school long enough to afford it
- Matt
selector I am no longer a moderator as of 07 July. Crandell
That's what I meant! And funnily enough, you must have been posting your reply after I hit the "reply" button...
Oh, that "...left the building."
I was actually going to start posting silly cat pix here....
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Sheriff John must be busy thinking up tomorrows topic.
Everyone seems to be sleeping it off now.
Brent
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I'll see your silly cat and raise you to a best friends pic.
Fiiiinnnffffft....
Jimmydieselfan
You know that this thread is ready for lock down when this character shows up.
Alton Junction
Edit: Erased my earlier comment because it was pretty snarky...
REAL comment:
Man, I can't look away from this board for a minute.
1. i like Rapido. Bought a car for a friend and both she and i were impressed.
2. I've started and run a couple of small businesses that needed investment.
3. Jason (and the other Rapido guy who's name I forget) - basically you are asking for investment in your company. This is a time-honored and popular thing to do, but in this case you are doing two things that irk a lot of people. First, holding their investment (part of the train) hostage, and second, up-ending the way things are done in a hobby that is very set in it's ways. Then, in a way, your posts here point out what a risk this investment is. I think you should have sold shares with a potential increase in return to raise capital rather than base it on the Canadian.
4. I don't know jack about the model railroad industry, so the above may be cr*p.
5. I won't buy the train because only about half of it would fit on my switching layout, but I do think it looks to be a quality product, IF things don't go badly.
Good luck to you, but I really wish you hadn't set this potentially dangerous precedent.
Sean
HO Scale CSX Modeler
Guys- I'm going to go ahead and lock this thread. It has reached a point where everyone has had a chance to speak their mind, and the last page or two has consisted mostly of going ' round in circles and making snarky comments. I'd like to remind everybody that we ALL need to keep it civil. Some posters on this thread seem to have forgotten that. Once the name-calling, snide remarks, and snarky replies start, it's hard for anyone to keep a thread on track and on the up and up. We dont come to these forums to have petty, little hissing matches. We come here because of our common bond of the love of trains, be they 1:1 or scale model. That being said, let's see if we can work on our civility towards others.-Norris user/moderator
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