Tuesday, April 15, 2008

In honor of tax day and other family events, no work has progressed on the railway for two weeks! The financial picture is bleak just as operations are close to begin.

Ironically, the skies are now blue instead of a dusty brown.

Yesterday we were able to perform some maintenance on our passenger car named Summit. It was cleaned. The maintenance department degreased the wheels, improving the electrical connections to the interior lights. The maintenance department determined we did not have the resources at this time to properly repaint the outside of the coach.

The marketing department is insisting that the board determine a name for the rail line. The following were submitted for consideration:
G&A Railway
D-FC Lines
AVA Express Company

Revenue is now being generated by providing the following services:
Sightseeing tours to Summit Station - historic steam or diesel
Milk production
Gravel mining
Lumber transfer and transportation
Military support
Auto transport

Future revenue streams:
Over sized document handling
Inter modal transfers

Location and geography description:

The G&A Railroad is nestled in Summit Valley at the foot of Summit Mountain in northern Wisconsin. To the north is Canada. In order to ascend from the valley floor to the foot of Summit Mountain, engineers followed the Petrified River. Two tunnels were required to complete the connection. From the foot of Summit Mountain, a bridge is planned to span the gorge to the west for connection to the city of Desque. This will provide access to markets in Minnesota. The upper tunnel was needed to provide this connection as well as a station at Summit for sightseeing tours and future lodging. the lower tunnel provides a connection to the east. To the east is our connection to the Chicago Northwestern mainline to Greenbay.

Summit Valley provides room for a yard and a few industries developed on railroad property to support the railroad. These industries include a dairy farm and a gravel pit. The gravel pit was started to provide roadbed and ballast for the railroad but then became a lucrative operation in its own right. The dairy farm was a natural fit because of the readily available pastures and the inheritance of the necessary railroad equipment to support the business.

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