Ok. The facts are the FRA wants railroad employees and guests to wear masks.

You mean TSA?

Ok. The facts are the FRA wants railroad employees and guests to wear masks.

The facts are Cumbres & Toltec and Durango & Silverton aren’t following FRA rules.

Happy now? ;)

Almost.

Posting factual information with references is encouraged., ie. FRA and TSA regulation/requirement/rules. Basically, Let’s try to stick to news and information from “reliable” outlets and sources. If information is based purely upon personal experience, please indicate that. Let’s refrain from sharing opinions. Enough of that has already been done and I believe we know where most members stand on the subject already. Thanks.

Ok. Yes I’ll add that was my personal experience / observation from visiting Cumbres & Toltec and Durango and Silverton the last couple of weeks. In Durango, employees were wearing masks in and around the station, but none of the Durango train crew or on board train employees wore masks.

At Cumbres & Toltec, one of the brakeman wore a mask when walking the train and interacting with guests. Some of the staff in the station wore them as well but the majority of employees and volunteers at Cumbres did not. One of the “friends” on board the train even told us he should be wearing a mask which seemed extra odd to me.

"__________ and _________aren’t following FRA rules."

Personally, I don't think it is a good idea to call out our fellow preservation organizations by name regarding non-compliance. May as well have just called the FRA or TSA and blown them in yourself. Is that the kind of reputation you want?

Is the organization you are affiliated with doing everything perfectly?

I was at the C&TS Victorian Iron Horse events.

The word given to us was that mask wearing was not required on open cars. Then it was said that if all the windows and doors were open our heritage coaches they were considered "open." However, if one window was put down it would negate it being "open" and we would have to mask up.