VMT

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Sounds like politics to me!  It just makes me feel ashamed to go see a place like the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer, and then look at VMT and realize what they could have if they wanted to.  IMO I believe if NCTM had the 611 she'd still be running.  Maybe not majestically through the mountains and countryside, but running none the less.  At least some of their stuff RUNS!  (As for 1218, I don't think it'll ever run again regardless of who has it.  It appears to be an empty shell.)
   
  In the Roanoke Valley, in a place that was built by the railroad, you would think that the historical railroad heritage would be a top priority for preservation and tourism.  I guess as usual, politics gets in the way.
   
  Ben Blevins
  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
  >IMO, moving the equipment currently residing in the NS

>yard was an improvement because the general public is

>not interested in a place that looks like a scrap yard

>or a work-in-progress. They want attractive exhibits

>in a nice setting. The actual artifacts probably

>don't matter much.



I take it you've never been to the IRM (Illinois Railway Musuem)... the 
general public has no problem with it there. Of course, unlike the VMT, the 
IRM makes a monumental effort to restore something (a lot of somethings) 
every once in a while. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to 
volunteer at the VMT, only to never recieve a call in return from anybody.




>BTW, who is the "art guy from VT"? I didn't know

>there was anyone in authority from VT at the museum.

>Did I miss something?



Could'nt tell you. I recall seeing a blurb in the Roanoke Times about it 
some time ago. He wasn't in authority at the musuem, he was doing it for 
the musuem.

As for Bev, he's got a long road in front of him (assuming hte politics game 
being played in Roanoke doesn't get him). Until the VMTs board realizes 
that they are a blue-collar museum in a blue-collar town, it'll continue to 
be SSDD no matter who is at the helm.

Robb Fisher


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