Comments on: How That Cute Li’l Speeder Helped Open Up A Can(yon) Of Worms – August 19, 2010

By: Jonathan P. Zimmerman

Jonathan P. Zimmerman — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:26:28 +0000

Railroad on Humboldt Bay? Only if traffic is found to be sufficient moving South. This would require a new Port, new shippers for lumber products, and reopening mills. Tourist trains die in the winter…and will most likely die here as well….Scotia would have to be a major player in the shipping area. Then there is the canyon, …and finding the money bags to keep it open most of the year, and allow 25mph speeds would be most incredibly impossible. Chances of reopening the line of the NWP into Eureka and Humboldt Bay are one chance in twenty as I see it. Show me the traffic,…show me the money,…show me the plan.

By: Cesare Caligari

Cesare Caligari — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:56:54 +0000

I really think, for your own health and peace of mind, you folks who are obsessed with the Timber Heritage group and with NCRA should consider joining one of the many twelve-step programs available.
Sincerely.

By: Deane Rimerman

Deane Rimerman — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:05:33 +0000

The little railroad that could was a great idea… It was modest and small. Then as always ambition gets the better of ‘em and they build a much bigger rail car, as well try and expand the track without considering the greater socio-political implications. And rail advocates say this letter is out of touch? Actually, I think its the other way around…

The names of the organization on the letter above are a who’s who of the biggest enviro heavy hitters on the Northcoast. These folks battled Hurwitz for decades. Rail-advocates blundered into the lair of a sleeping dragon that they are but mere morsels of food for…

By: Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:50:56 +0000

Do you really believe that, without a Humboldt Bay Port miracle, the NWP thinks that there is some possibility of making a profit from operations? Perhaps we are all being used in a plot to make the money granters believe that the railroad operation is a possibility, whereas the real function of the NCRA is to funnel public funds to the consultants and NWP. If you want to stop them, show the money granters how this whole thing is a waste; even if you were to step back and not contest it.

By: Arcata Eye: How That Cute Li’l Speeder Helped Open Up A Can(yon) Of Worms « Capdiamont’s Weblog

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:23:09 +0000

[...] I like eating chicken in the poultry barb at Humboldt County Fair 4 days ago Arcata Eye: How That Cute Li’l Speeder Helped Open Up A Can(yon) Of Worms Friday 20 Aug 2010, 07:23 Filed under: Arcata,Humboldt,Manila,NCRA,Northwestern Pacific Railroad,Railroad,Samoa,THA As a demonstration how environmentalists can complain about every little thing, the usual groups have gotten together to pen a hilarious, over the top, and completely removed from realty letter. [...]