It is truly disgraceful that these really beautiful locomotives are not being put back into service. Oh, I realize that this cost a fortune and let's be practical here for a moment. Most museums make a mere pittance to try and preserve these fine pieces of American history. After my ride on the Rio Grande Toltec excursion some years back, I got bit by the steam bug big time. I mean, that K27 ( my favorite steam engine), just looked beyond cool coming through the valley with snow capped mountains. They put allot of money into that operation. Not sure what their operating budget is, but it has to be pretty large. Especially to maintain all those beautiful locomotives and passenger cars. So, as far as steam town is concerned, all I can think of is they simply do not have the revenue or funds to get these locomotives in service. Everyone here knows that steam Era locomotives require huge amounts of time for repairs and basic maintenance. The men and women, who volunteer, do so because of the love of steam. I haven't been to steam town in a long time now. Like to get up there and see what goes.......literally!
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