The Commission met today, read and studied six responses to the RFI.
From my sources:

Georgetown Loop
RGRPC
Scenic Railways II (Bob Keller)
Stetson
Railroad Operation Consortium (Texas railroad group)
Jerry A. Fisher

They have a FAST TRACK in mind, which is heartening.

They will be requesting details from all six respondents, on HOW they will run the railroad. These must be in by December 6th.
On December 14th the Commission expects to review the responses and decide on a new operator.
They will then start negotiations with the new operator.

That's the gist of it.

Provisions were made for input from local communities.


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