@Allegheny posted:With so many abandoned ROW's across the country, couldn't some of these be linked together to form a line onto which these engines may run without having to have a lot of access on a Class 1 railroad?
There must be an area of the country which these various lines could be linked to form a decent run through areas of the country which remain picturesque and would draw tourists - especially for a large mainline steam engine.
I'm not a professional railroader - so I'm not going to pretend I know anything I'm talking about.
Just had a thought that there are miles and miles of ROW sitting around doing nothing - so why not acquire them and put them to good use.
You may want to write to Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk or the like and ask them if they'd be interested in putting up the tens of millions of dollars it would take do carry out such a project. 
