The Operating Committee Rises From the Ashes!

No. 27 -- VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE RAILWAY -- Nevada Railroad Reconstruction Chronicles

Like a Phoenix (pronounced Puh-hoo-nix), the long dead operating committee has risen from the ashes!

This is part of a series of posts on the first July meeting of the V&T Re-con Commission. I finished up the last post talking about how, on the heels of voting A THIRD TIME to sell the cars in Portola, John Tyson wants the Commission to buy two more cars!

I think Dwight Millard was either up to something or doesn't know his history. For once I miss Mayor Marv (gone from the commission) and Bob Hadfield (absent). If either of those characters had been there, they would not have let this happen.

For a brief history, the Commission has been schizophrenic for years. One half wants nothing to do with owning equipment or running operations. That half wants a private company to handle all the details so the Commission can focus on building track.

The other half of the Commission wants to play choo-choo, and years ago this other half was represented by the Operations Sub-Committee that was responsible for the acquisition of the #18 and the decrepit rusting bird-cages (complete with poop on the bottom of the cage) stored in Portola.

As a solution to the issue from the previous post, newly-appointed Chairman Dwight Millard put off the issue until next month.

He did this by appointing Ron Allen, John Tyson and Larry McPhereson to a subcommittee to gather information on acquiring more equipment. John Tyson will fly to Detroit to look these potential acquisitions over. Supposedly he's doing this on his own dime, though he commonly says how poor he is. At least this time they aren't buying equipment sight unseen, like they seem to have done with the #18.

To possibly paraphrase Einstein, if you keep doing the same thing and expect a different result, please check yourself into the loonie bin.

ALL PRAISE THE NEWLY REVIVED OPERATING COMMITTEE!! ALL HAIL!