VMT

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>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