Yeah. Nevada Northern is nirvana!!! In New York a company offering bus tours called "The Ride" pays actors to mysteriously appear along the route doing crazy things. Silly things like acrobatics in the street. Tourists come back with memorable stories. There is ample land near the Frostburg Station. A simple nature trail walk would be nice. Making a small pond for children's fishing has been done at many amusement parks The difficult-to-negotiate steep hill at Frostburg is an issue for the elderly. I haven't been there lately but for years there were areas unsuitable to move a wheelchair. As I mentioned, the attention paid to the handicapped is abominable. There needs to be something more than watching the turntable in Frostburg. An overnight package would be nice, with a quality hotel room. Currently the ride is not associated with an overnight stay, except as a do-it-yourself operation. Strasburg has had great success with a miniature railroad at the station. At first I didn't like this idea, but the children who visit love it. There is ample land available for this to happen. I thought the team track should not have been pulled up but left for static display of another steam locomotive - or the railroad crane they own and store someplace. How about a chain-drive Mack parked next to the station. Eye candy. Or how about a shooting gallery with .22's. Or an area for axe throwing - now becoming very popular in bars - or a range with bow and arrows? How about a beauty contest or a singing contest to be watched? Or a 4H exhibition? Or a weekend with the military vehicle collectors club - who have periodic get togethers - with a military train for veteran's day or memorial day? Arrangements for overnight camping. A semaphore signal that could be operated and changed by children? Activities to generate traffic from the general population ?
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