Brian, I tackled my first efforts at resurrecting #3 1/4 mile stretches of siding in an old industrial site in '94. Prior to that I'd worked with and been a RR customer around the country since 1989. We planned to use those sidings for our chemical business and to do some transloading when we had availability. I semi-retired in '21. That effort was filled with about 25 years of ups and downs as I learned the realities of that side of the RR business. We generated millions, we spent millions. If we hadn't had the base business of chemicals, I doubt that we'd have survived on transload alone. In all that time we only landed a few long-term contracts for transloading; but one lasted 9 years with a major chemical distributor. We got a lot of one-shot deals and with them we learned you have to have solid contracts and earnest money up front. Other guys will want to operate their businesses out of your pocket by asking for credit and infrastructure (e.g. gas, electric, steam, water, etc.), make them pay for it and make sure you get to keep the infrastructure. Transloading is hot in our area when construction is booming; when it's down, it's dead. Transloading here is also seasonal; bad weather hurts. You can't profitably scramble a team to unload one railcar...maybe not even 5 railcars. You can't provide steam cheaply. Industrial electric can cost a $100K to install a single 400 amp 3 phase panel less than 200 feet from high voltage a pole. You can't give every customer keys to your property for 24/7/365 access. You can't become the lawyer to provide permits for special loads. A new switch can set you back the cost of a house. I can go on and on... I'm going to guess you have a lot of true experts in your audience, versus just nice folks with opinions. Why not tap that expertise? Create a volunteer counsel. Ask for bona fides and select from among those who bring some genuine RR, Transloading, management, and accounting (business planning) expertise to the table. You could use the Internet for real-time meetings with pre-determined topics of discussion, agendas, and goals so that it doesn't just turn into a gabfest. I read somewhere that "...there's safety in a multitude of counselors." Good luck either way, you've definitely earned my respect for trying.

@sardu55

Жыл бұрын

Best response and overall advise I've ever read on this site. Real nuts & bolts stuff. I agree that our guy should try to make better use of his fans out there, who I'm sure would love to help him out. We'll see how it goes. Maybe find a railroad specialist CPA as well.

@wilfred8326

Жыл бұрын

Amoung the best most articulate well thought out comments ever posts. It made me think about RR customers and customer service. It's easy to say haul more frieght... But its not that simple. 😕 Some customers are multiple cars per day or week.... others 1 or 2 a month.... You need to be competitive....

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Mysterion I pinned your comment to the top because, as other students of the "rail business" have said, the depth of knowledge and experience in one post, was outstanding! Thank you Professor! ETR Nation

@southern207hobbies

10 ай бұрын

Brain can we please have an update on the the etrr?

@eugenetswong

10 ай бұрын

Mysterion, I agree. Thanks for helping him out with your suggestions.

One of the lessons that you didn't mention is that you are a natural and inspirational teacher. Keep up the good work!

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! I want to be an encouragement AND to make you laugh.

@kevinkennedy7702

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Naturally born leader. I also agree with Brian that being a member at a train museum one gets a taste of railroad yet lot more easier than owning a railroad and cheaper.

The two year milestone is an impressive accomplishment that you and Graham should both be proud. You certainly have put in the work! Not only that, you have a pretty respectable KZread Channel that you have managed to keep the ETR nation up to date on your progress and create some interesting content. Keep at it, Brian. As the old saying goes-Rome wasn’t built in day.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean, lets see where this voyage ends up. Brian

We’re all pulling for ya buddy

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I owned my own business for 11 years. Heating service and install. Everyone thinks that if you're a business owner, you're wealthy. They don't know what is involved. Going without pay so you can pay your employees, insurance expenses, the hours you have to put in, the responsibility. Your videos are great, thank you for sharing your experiences, good luck with your future endeavors!

I always look forward to the updates and happy to see the notifacations on my feed from the ETR. Keep on TRAINING Brian.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

An Old dog learning new tricks!

@polarbub

Жыл бұрын

Great pun! It gave me a good chuckle

@petercruikshank2618

Жыл бұрын

A "chronologically challenged" dog learns new TRACKS?!

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

The hound calling the Lab old! LoL

I was at a tractor show once when I was little and tried the weight pulling peddle tractor competition and lost. When doing a project this big I would put together a volunteer group. Stay strong ETR!

Hang in Brian. When I started my biz, I didn't know what I didn't know. But I learned about fixed costs quickly. Then I learned about overhead. Then I started making money. I have faith in you and your biz plans.

Hi Brian! We are with you on this. KEEP GOING!

As a railroad civil engineer in the making, I love your insight and it has definitely helped me re-think some aspects of the industry as I get ready to dive head first into railroads in a couple of years here. Thank you for your information!

Outstanding!!! So many people are arrogant and often baselessly. Those worth respecting realize their mistakes and remain humble. Those that realize their mistakes and share are even more worthy of respect.

@eastterminalrailway5975

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Ed, I have so much to learn. B.

@edcalvert

6 ай бұрын

@@eastterminalrailway5975 hopefully you have figured out what you need for lifting the wire coils. I’m an engineer by profession and have a few ideas on that subject.

RR lesson..... The consultant was/is right on. $$$$ Your customer's relationship with you. If you're going to serve a customer, if they come to YOU, THEY need to be legally bound/you need to be protected. RR I worked for restored a siding in 1982 on a handshake 🤝. Boss had worked for New Haven, Penn Central, Conrail and the Shortline that I am speaking of. He said "we cleaned up a derailment during Penn Central but no cars were shipped again...." Customer Employee (Nail Co) said never saw trains since he started in 81. SHORTLINE Entity started in 82. Spur cut from main in 85 when welded rail dropped. No RR moves after Penn Central apparently.

Great to see you. I was getting a bit concerned. It is amazingly refreshing to see you doing it the old fashion way of hard work and understanding. Keep on plugging away. You are young enough to remember being taught in school that hard work is the path to success.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that will be taught again.... Brian

First, thanks so much for your honesty! Others, less resilient, would not be able to "face the camera" and bare their souls to a largely unknown bunch of people. (Congrats on 25k+) I know that I'm proud of you, Mrs ETR for her obvious continued endorsement of your efforts, and your over all project approach! You have a dream that you've dared others to be a part of and look over your shoulder. That's exceptionally brave! I'm gregarious, I love people, I can be a ham in a crowd and I love to tell jokes (clean) and I love get laughs. I'm not sure my brain would allow me to show others an inside view of my thoughts! I'm learning way more about life from you than railroad stuff. You are a quite a guy and I applaud your efforts. Stay well, stay safe!

Still hoping you can make a success of the ETR. Looking forward to the Trackmobile project.

A great video. I have been following you for 2 years. You have all the ingredients to make this happen. Please Don't give up. Just remember, there are many more lessons to learn. I do beleive you can make money. Ray

Back in the 60's I was out of work ( strike) so I worked on a dairy farm. It is too bad they didn't totally lay out a plan as you spoke about. This was a new plan from a agriculture university. The problem was they expected to make a fortune and ended up closing and losing everything they put into it. The enthusiasm was there, the customers where there but they hadn't planned on new equipment breaking, employees not staying and lack of milk from cows. If they had really planned as it appears you are doing they could have been successful I believe. Best to you.

Brian, I think you should go back again to the bakery. With Diesel prices so high, their cost are rising. Never know. Slow and steady wins the race.

In todays "gotta have it now", you are a refreshing breeze. Slow, steady, objective! We have lost so much in rail transportation due to short sighted goals. Yes some goods need to be trans- shipped quickly, others can be delivered at the right time with proper planning. Rail transport per ton / mile is fairly inexpensive and not held hostage to interstate highway issues. We have an intermodal terminal near us, like clockwork the train pulls in unhindered by the interstate traffic that clogs all roads in the area. Night comes the road trucks roll. Very efficient. Thanks for your dedication to rail transport.

You need to unload rebar. Lots of building going on in and around Columbus. I'm in the bridge and highway construction and it's booming right now. working on the oldest bridge in Franklin county right now. It's near the old abandoned N&W yard around 5th and Joyce avenue.

Brian, it’s been an exciting journey with many challenges and setbacks, but in the end (not over yet) I’ve learned a lot from your channel about railroading!

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, often the teacher is learning the most, I have a ways to go, and that is the ETR journey. Brian

@Baystateboy125

Жыл бұрын

@@eastterminalrailway5975 Ever thought about bringing in a $ilent partner with $$$?

Brian, You are killing me with these long voids of no video. You hooked me.

East Penn Railroad has a transload facility in Kennett Square Pennsylvania where they trans load propane. It's basically just a dirt yard with some movable equipment. It also appears to be pretty seasonal.

Hi Brian, I am not a business minded, or an accountant. For you to be taking apart the past two years of time and experiences I think you are being very honest with yourself and many other people who have been following your journey and website. Everyone makes good and poor decisions in a period of time. I do consider that the basic foundation is the enjoyment, relationship with other people what you have gained over the past two years. I have learned a lot from watching the program and website with yourself doing the leading. Well done Brian, keep going at a pace which suits you. Looking forward to hearing from you sometime soon. Cheers from Lincolnshire England

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John, I am always glad when you add your voice. Brian

Keep moving forward.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Oscar! Forward!

Alot of young railfans are having dreams shattered, but it ain't all that bad. Railroads will need people post-strike, and museums need folks. Railfans, y'all only need land & money, and poof you own a train, Naval history buffs cant without BILLIONS of dollars for a whole ship, y'all are lucky in that fact & many others. So while dreams are shattered, look at the bigger picture, alot of folks can't go & see what they like or interact with it, I advise y'all to count those blessings well.

You are 100% correct about RR's being a fixed relationship. An issue with the RR's the "rationalization" of traditional RR gateways via mergers and abandonment. Instead of ten 70 car trains, I see 👀 😒 2 to 4 150 car trains.... Precision RR-ing.... Also.... the fixed Relationship problem 1 way in, 1 way out, 1 interchange partner has been hugely overwhelmingly regulated, and for many players reduced over the last 40-something years.... The United States needed to Rationalize its RR infrastructure but to Merge it in the way it has been done has cut down on the amount of available gateways and routes. Available for use

I am rooting for you and praying for you I so badly want to see you succeed with your rail yard because I love what your trying to do there. Keep up the good work. 👍

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thud240 I want you to know I am thankful for you! Brian

Once again, your honesty about the problems you face is refreshing. There are real possibilities for you and the ETR and identifying and investigating them is a great move. I see the attraction of steel: no mess, no spillage, hard to pilfer, clean loading, etc. Are there any other commodities with these characteristics? Best of luck!

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Wow, you nailed the reasons! Sit up front and you can help teach! B.

Good to see you back, Brian. And congrats on your two years into this adventure. Everyday is a learning experience. Will do my best to give sage advice from my railroad years if you ever need some.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

I like guest instructors, I go to the back of the class room and devour the donuts! Brian

@georgecarter838

Жыл бұрын

@@eastterminalrailway5975 Just remember I have a three minimum chocolate covered donut requirement when I give a instruction tutorial.

I always look forward to your posts Brian. Keep us in loop on your progress with getting transload business Videos of the equipment your restoring would be cool to!

ETR is the only channel I subscribe to (out of maybe 6 channels total) I check a few times a week for new releases and try and watch them right away. The new clips have been fewer in the past 6ish months. It seems reality and costs have come to Brian's small town. I hope Brian does not become disenchanted and quit. But the goals needed he mentioned in this clip are a tall order to make the line functioning. A 5 year contract for a business that is not actually running yet is a giant leap of faith for the first customer. For a 1 mile line you can't do anything tourist you need probably at least 5 miles in 1 direction.

Brian, Do you need free labor? Free Advice? I know I could use Advice. I also want to apply my knowledge that I have along with what you could teach me. I have significant ideas. I have knowledge. I am a Veteran. I watched your Derailment Series about how you built a niche Plant Derailment service into a business. You also do car and locomotive repair. In the Army I was a Transportation Planner and Manager. In my civillian lives I have worked on a Shortline, done light RR mechanical work (I could go to school using the VA Vocational Rehab program). I could offer up lots of services to you. If I am out in Ohio I would love to sit down for Coffee or White Castle.

About the "3-5 year Transload Contracts" ensure that during that # of years you try to move other cars as well.... About the Transloading. I read the comment of another person who shouted out dollar 💵 amounts.... He basically said don't spend all of YOUR MONEY on Transload Equipment for a customer that may back out. This lines up with what you said about a consultant and contracts. The prices for some equipment is modest but the labor high. Other is close to the price of a home. I think you can find a nice balance and be successful.

I love that you have taken notes.... yeah....a Field Trip....yeeaaahhhh....snacks included?

On this all souls day I'm praying for your success.

Brian, Don't sound so down. Staying positive for your dreams I will say is one of the best possible motivaters anyone can wish for. Open ears 👂 and open mind to make decisions to spend the time to seek out the very best for what your dream is to be. No one can take this away because it's your choice decision, it's your choice to learn the ins and outs of how 🤔 to make YOUR ETR a success 😉. After 2 years, I'm glad to have known you my friend so keep searching for what you feel is the right answers to your dream 😊 and maybe you'll be blowing that whistle on your engine sooner than you realize. That's a goal worthy to shot for. Take care Richard Bause.

Crazy 2 years now . Good to see u are still plugging away Bryan. Good luck man . Hope this all comes together soon for u

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

HDA Thanks for being here with us! Brian

Brian you are still the Man, congrat's on two years and hears to the next two. Well done.

Scott from Accounting:

@scotthibbs

Жыл бұрын

OH... I almost forgot. R J Corman didn't ask insurance if he could climb railcars with his backhoe. (otherwise there would be no R J Corman) You should seek legal council regarding liability, but you should be incorporated to limit your personal exposure to ETR injuries/accidents/lawsuits etc. Please protect what I love most about you and that's your personal financial soundness.

Well it's a good idea to team up with Norfolk Southern my friend.!!!!

I appreciate your openness and willingness to learn. Most of success is just not quitting. You do need realiable customers and you must make a profit if the business is to live. I had to learn that in my small business. Cheers Andy

Keep On Railing Guys!!!!! ETR Shop when? I need a ETR Coffee Mug & XL T shirt!!!

So glad to watch a new video after so long. And glad to hear your making progress. I think I'm going to order an other shirt! Take care Brian, Paul.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Paul I did take a break, thanks for keeping the lights on and the hope tank full. Brian

One of the saddest sights on Earth is a rusty rail.

@QuadMochaMatti

Жыл бұрын

Or a make-believe railroad.

Calculate a “cost per ton”, with a minimum amount of tonnage, for your fixed costs. Then you can determine a “price per ton” to achieve an acceptable profit.

Just found and subscribed to your channel. Very interesting. Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan

A great update! I hope meeting with the consultant ends with positive results. Good luck.

Great to see you back here. I was wondering what was happening, Interested to see where things are heading Brian! My best to you sir.

Always rooting for your success! Keep plugging along good things are on the horizon!

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Fred ! Will do!

Great video, Brian. I hope to see you again when I go railfanning in your area. God bless brother. - Drew

Lot's of lessons learned. Have you run 2021 at all this year? We're going through some major upgrades this year on my short line. We had a rail contractor in to do track upgrades - install ties, spread ballast, tamp and sweep. And I was able to drop some slow orders because of it. We have another contractor in right now doing some brush cleaning - and a leased locomotive GP9 will be coming onto our track as a backup unit for our revenue tourist trains. So big things going on.

What an excellent film and mantra. . Cant ever meet you as I'm in the UK, however I laud your business sense. (You are not waiting for the phone to ring so you can pay the next bill).

Congratulation Brian! Was great seeing you on the cruise!

I always enjoy the patience in your voice as you talk through these updates. There’s a humility in there matched by a font of optimism that you should feel darn proud of.

Brian small steps take longer but u still end up in the same place it just a matter of prospective There’s things that can be done that doesn’t cost a lot and eventually we will end up getting to a point where we can get on with the bigger project that over time will make a he place more productive if it takes a few years but we are all behind u m8

Thank you for a much appreciated update.

Was getting worried as there were no new ETR videos and I needed my fix! Glad you found a consultant and have some direction. The big contract will come. Thank you for your honesty and determination.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ric I don't want you to worry...but I kind of appreciate it! B.

I think maybe you could have a business of rail equipment transloading. Locomotives, equipment etc out of land-locks or museums that have to be transported out by truck can come to the ETC, and unload the equipment so it can get out into the rail network again, since you have a direct connection to a regional railroad which interlocks with Class I

The ETR needs a heart added to the logo. Brian wears his heart on his sleeve. Thank you for sharing and bringing us along.

Glad to see you still cguuging along.

Thanks for the update. We were beginning to think you got lost!

Yes Brian, Mr. East Terminal Railway, this video is Spot on. I have thought of Terminal RR-ing and Transloading. One thing that inspired me is your channel, another are local to (me) Massachusetts situations. The port of New Bedford is reportedly the largest fishing port in the Eastern USA. New Bedford at this time only gets frozen fish from the West Coast. I am pretty sure that everytime cars head East they start in a block of 20-25 until just 2 are recieved in New Bedford. The other 20+ cars were dropped at various locations between the west and east coasts. The local RR does not haul fish out by rail it all leaves by truck.... I am sure Cod is just as popular. I think the RR needs to work with Business, Fish Council, Chamber of Commerce. Politicians.... I understand working with CSX is hard. See if you and your customer(s) can get a preferred routing despite only having one connection. A shortline I knew about was getting Cement from Maine to Massachusetts. The problem was to keep it as a consistent customer depended on cars doing a "turn a burn".... Cars were loaded in Maine sent south on old MEC to B+M to Ayer Worcester line. Car was then interchanged to CSX and even though it had to go EAST they sent WEST to Selkirk for reclassification....to go EAST past Worcester to Framingham to Medfield Jct for interchange. CSX did this in reverse for the empty cars and suppliers were hesitant....took too long. I read the comments. Steel is something clean and can be stored. Think food. 🤔 are there food factories? People always need to eat. Manufacturers that might get something like plastic pellets in covered hoppers. Recycling ♻️ . Baled Cardboard boxes 📦 put into Boxcars. The baling of cardboard can be done by off site and loaded hear. I like the idea of contracts that need to be binding to protect your business. Best of luck.

I truly feel for you and for taking on a task like this, I can only keep my fingers crossed a say a few prayers that everything goes your way and for such a great person. Ron

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Ron Thank you friend! Brian

cant be anymore direct and open than that. Good to see you my friend.

Don't forget we have a huge steam rebuild shop in Sugar Creek Ohio The Ages of Steam Round House.

I've seen comments from CSX workers on other videos that have pretty much said CSX could careless about small businesses. NS has or had a transload facility at the south end of Buckeye Yard for a while. Since they ripped out Buckeye Yard and the leads to the yard, I'm not sure if it's still in use.

Hello Brian, I stumbled across your channel about a year ago, your video presentation are intriguing. I support the business man who ‘rolls up his sleeves’ to do whatever it takes to be successful. You have a natural methodical way of presenting an issue in terms everyone can understand and provide remediation options. I wish you all the best in your endeavors sir and thanks for sharing your adventures of railroading sir. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

Brian, thanks for the lessons. Can I share what I have learned with you? When you start a new business, there must be a demand for it and you are solving a problem based on your own talents and gifts. You see a dark cloud on the horizon and you are the one to step up to assume responsibility. Power comes from assuming responsibility. What is the problem you are solving so when you go to those meetings you can convince them that you are the solution? Look at the bigger picture for a while. One problem that can be resolved is that long distance trucking is tearing up the highways. There is an energy crisis and trucks use much more fuel to move the same weight the same distance compared to rail. Precision scheduling has shifted the focus away from providing a service to customers and employees to what is easiest for the railroad, and best for shareholders but not for customers. The same thing has occurred with airports. The drive has been to build huge airports, making traveling difficult and the expenses are still there no matter how full the planes are. In the future, the pendulum will swing back again to direct smaller planes, and the same for railroads. The railroad crews are overworked and quitting or striking, not agreeing to return even with offers of more money. Biden's solution didn't address the root cause of the crisis so he made the crisis worse. He should have looked at shorter trains and shorter shifts and hiring more crew so that if someone needed time off, there was always someone to step in. Precision scheduling is not a good way of way to run the railroad. The solution should have come from inside the railroad rather than from outside. The insurance companies may be part of the problem, not the solution. Are they supporting the railroad rather than their customers. I am not putting that right--are they setting their fees based on risk involved as insurance companies should be doing? The focus of the government is to work with large corporations because it is easier for them to control the economy, but the backbone of any economy is small business. Terminal railroads have always served a purpose, to make access to the class 1 railroads possible. What about working with yardmasters to form local trains, like the way the post office functions--or used to function before Louis DeJoy was brought in to solve the problems but instead he has made them worse. (Don't get me started on the USPS. I will be shipping my products through the USPS, too, so when you resolve the crises in the railroad maybe you can help with the USPS.) Maybe another lesson is that when you run a business, you have to deal with the glitches, and sometimes the glitches are really, really big. But, everyone has a lifetime of wisdom and experience in problem-solving and we know how to solve the problems when the government and elite executives don't. the dark cloud appears on the horizon, we can step up and solve the problems. Isn't that how entrepreneurs get their ideas?

@karenholmes2764

Жыл бұрын

A friend of mine was a corporate pilot for a local lumber company. He was always on call. He missed his daughter's graduation because he had to take his boss on a trip. No one should have to miss their daughter's graduation. That is the kind of thing that motivates people to find solutions to problems, because he was not the only corporate pilot to miss an important event in his life because there was no one to fill in for him.

I got the orange...and the yellow T-Shirts. I found this channel during a period of involuntary unemployment, and it was quite comforting to watch each video. Thankfully that is over, and I am still here. It seems to my decidedly amateur mind that part of starting up the transload operation is also making sure you have the infrastructure. A lot big enough to do the transfer and if needed the storage of material. Also, the roadways leading into the lot that can handle the truck traffic.

Brian, I really admire you willingness to keep going inspire of the obstacles and setbacks. Overcoming all of those will make the final success so much sweeter.

The most important lesson is at 18:20. "Never work with children or animals." -W.C. Fields.

A lot of good info Brian. Thank you another very good video. It is good to hear to hear that you don’t need the cash because you are right about the pressure. With that gone you will be successful. Nice to see a new video and you are ok. Keep the chin up and eyes forward.

Alright man good to hear from you Brian.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thank You! First one to class! Always glad you are here!

Thank you for the knowledge. You helped me immensely.

Keep positive Brian my friend. You've come a long way in two years and stay focused and like you were saying, get yourself out there to the people that could work with you or point you to someone who could work with you. Wishing you the best. Keep your eyes forward!

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes one good phone call shines a lite that changes the whole picture. B.

Good talk. Thank you.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Very informative, good luck as you are sharp!

Love everything about you brother

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I want to encourage you to be your best, AND make you laugh! B.

glad to see you are back if you get a chance talk to the people at the strasburg railroad as they have a small transload business which is doing well might also be a good place for a meet and greet

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Tom, good call on both ideas. B.

Great learning video Brian thanks

If I wasn't in up here in the cold North I would love to hang out in North Carolina! Looks fun, hope you meet a few subscribers!

I wish you all the best!!! You have a plan, and keep moving forward!!!!

Good to see a new video from you. I wish I could make it to Carolina. That train looks like a 24” gauge Crown. I spent 8 years of summer weekends running one of its little (15”) brothers.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Norman Last year I talked to the crew running the train ( free all day ), smart, dedicated, really nice guys! B.

Keep up the good work. And keep your head up. You are going to make it! Thanks for the update Brian. 👍❤️

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will Don. B.

I like the thinking Brian. It already shows on your face that you are comfortable with potential directions mate, seriously, you have lost a couple of worry lines. I think that, like most of the ETR nation, I will stay on board this train till the depot. Not getting off anytime soon. I will look forward to the field trip.

Great news ! Onward and upyonder ! The fall season back drop really makes the blue in your hat PoP ! E.T.R. rules...

Your doing a great job!

Welcome back. It’s good to see you again. I hope all has been well. God bless. 🚂😊

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Yep all good, thanks for caring. B.

I am with you!I need more apparel...

Glad you are still chasing your dream !

Sounds like you are getting things in motion bro. Safe travels

Great video and content. Thanks for sharing.

Glad you are back

Good to hear from you Brian and thank you for the update. Keep your spirits up and plugging away at the ETR. Videos of the Trackmobile would be neat.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

More to come!

You've made some excellent points about your future and learned some valuable lessons. Currently, economic times are topsy turvy but I'm sure that you will ride out the storm. By the way, I bought two tee shirts and have your photograph hanging over this desk. My best wishes for a great future.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

Gary I am so thankful for people like you! B.

Great job Brian hang in there, and keep doing what your because there’s so many folks like you that have the same dreams to make things happen

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Keep those fists up Brain. Where there's will, there's a way.

A good friend once told me a good piece of advice about long term projects: "Put your heart and soul into it, but don't let it break you." I would have to say you're doing just that. As much as we would like to see action on the ETR, good things come to those who wait. If you're looking for more research, I mentioned Progressive Rail (PGR) before about different types of transloading, another would be Minnesota Commercial RR (MNNR) a Class 3 shortline operating in the Twin Cities and suburbs. They do have a dedicated steel transloading operation, though it's mostly steel coils from coil cars.

@eastterminalrailway5975

Жыл бұрын

They are now on my research list! Thanks for the idea! Brian

Brian, previous owner of Central Ohio Railroad sold out and built a steam locomotive museum and restoration shop in the Sugarcreek area in Amish Country and they are open to the public tours on select days. For ETR, you own the location (first step for transload project) maybe someone who has deep pockets and a need for transload location in central Ohio as a partner?