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Rich MelvinOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Robert K posted:
...Could 765 return to Steamtown and maybe RBMN again? I’m sure they would sell lots of tickets on both railroads....

Robert, you have asked this question before and it has been answered before!

It takes 6 DAYS OF DEADHEADING to move the 765 from Fort Wayne to Scranton, PA and back home.

6 days of coal expense
6 days of crew lodging and meal expenses
6 days of railroad charges
6 days and over 1,000 miles on the engine

The total cost for all that deadheading would reach 6-figures. WHO PAYS FOR THAT? You would NEVER generate enough ticket revenue at Steamtown to cover those costs, let alone make a profit . Running a steam locomotive is a business, you know.

As for going back to the RBM&N, that’s not going to happen, either.

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