Things We Take For Granted That WOW Our Visitors

JimBoylan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:23 pm

060 Hogger wrote:

Bilgewater on bringing in a group of ' intellectuals ' !
They are not your audience

I have been told similar remarks when I suggested that Branford Electric Rwy. Ass'n. offer high priced rides on their private trolley car Connecticut Company 500. After all, rich intellectuals pay lots of good money to ride private railroad cars. No, I was told, those people don't go to trolley museums. Subway car riders do. All we would get to buy expensive tickets on a private trolley parlor car are rich subway car riders!

softwerkslex · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:31 pm

The Milwaukee Bipolars are direct-drive, correct?

Al Stangenberger · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:59 pm **Posts:** 650

JimBoylan wrote:

I have been told similar remarks when I suggested that Branford Electric Rwy. Ass'n. offer high priced rides on their private trolley car Connecticut Company 500. After all, rich intellectuals pay lots of good money to ride private railroad cars. No, I was told, those people don't go to trolley museums. Subway car riders do. All we would get to buy expensive tickets on a private trolley parlor car are rich subway car riders!

At WRM, we have no trouble filling the 39 seats on our interurban parlor car (Salt Lake & Utah 751) during our April wildflower trains. We charge an extra $5.00 per seat for the first-class upgrade.

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:33 pm

"Bilgewater on bringing in a group of 'intellectuals!' They are not your audience ..."--060 hogger

"And RIGHT THERE, Brother Preservationists, is the perfect argument for packing it all in with this rubbish, and going off fishing, gold-panning, homebrewing, or anything more rewarding than this crap we do. Call in the scrappers and dumpsters."--Alexander D. Mitchell IV

Aye, how true! And on top of that, how many of us have seen or known museum members, docents, volunteers, whatever, who remind us of Major Amos B. Hoople of "Our Boarding House?"

Oh, fap!!

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robertmacdowell · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:20 pm

I was thinking more like Crankshaft LOL...

What, you're kidding, I have to link it???? Fine. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074072 ... fharper-20

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:27 pm

"I was thinking more like Crankshaft LOL..."--Robert MacDowell

Egads, you would remind me we have those fellows, too!!

Drat! Fap! Hakk, kaff, kaff!!