Bobby Ogage posted:Pessimism presumes people are not knowledgeable about what they do and plan to do. I am confident that the folks who will operate the 1309 know what they are doing.
Yep, as I understand it, a lot of people who know steam are involved in this in one way or another. One former steam guru at Mt Rainier Scenic has been working on this to some degree, but I can't recall how.
Bobby Ogage posted:I have restored two vehicles that were made long before I was born. I learned and gained skills as I went through the process.
I'm reminded of a comment a hot-rod guy made about 4449 once. He sneered and said, "I don't know why they make such a big deal about these things. I've rebuilt four antique cars, it's not as big a deal as they make it out to be." Before I could say something, one of the volunteers told him, "Yeah, but that's a thousand times the mass as anything you've ever worked on, you have to make all the parts, and if one of you cars blows an engine through neglect of fluid levels, it won't kill everyone standing in and around it."
