Re: (erielack) odd, but Special Request.

["Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>]

Ten grand is cheap anymore. You want to see some serious money spent? Go to
an all out, no holds barred wedding on Long Island some time. It's an
industry unto itself out there!! I'd bet some of those affairs top $100G.

The Phoebe obs cars(obses??) are still extant, they belong to Metro North,
which uses them for inspection trains and the like.

The trick is going to be getting NJ Transit to let you have the ceremony in
the waiting room(alternative:the ferry concourse?), then letting you run the
train, assuming, of course, you can talk MN into letting you have one of
their cars, and you can get both, or even one, of the DL&W E's. The
political obstacles are daunting, never mind the cost. Sounds like it will
be one of the more interesting weddings to take place, and should be a lot
of fun, once you get by the headaches of arranging it.

But remember this: a man isn't complete until he's married, then he's
finished!!!  :-)))

Tom(still single) Beckett


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph D. Fisher" <Fish_76_@_webtv.net>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:00 PM
Subject: (erielack) odd, but Special Request.


> As you may or may not already know, I am recently engaged to a wonderful
> woman. We've been talking about how we are going to get married, and it
> was decided early on that we needed something "different" then everyone
> else. (I.E. No churches, horse drawn chariots, and the ill-fated rice
> ideas)
>
> After brief ideas of hijacking a nuclear submarine, and trying to get
> married in the back seat of a new york city cab were laid to rest, we
> came up with this idea, and now I am trying to figure out the
> "feasibility" of this.
>
> The idea is to get MARRIED right in the waiting room of Hoboken
> Terminal. Then proceed to our track were a "special train" would be
> waiting for us to wisk us away to Belmar, on the North Jersey Coast
> Lines.
>
> Sounds Crazy, right? Gets better.
>
> This "train" would be powered with those wonderful Lackawanna E-8's.
>
> Gets better still.....
>
> Would like for the Lackawanna Dining car to be present. (Good for the
> munchies)
>
> Gets better still.....
>
> Would be WONDERFUL if one of those Phoebe Tail Cars were available..
> (Are there any?)
>
> If not, anyone got a really good substitute?
>
> I know this sounds totally insane (wacked, numbskulled, etc) but the
> idea sounds really interesting, would deffinately get good publicity for
> all those involved, and would give railfans a treat to something they
> normally wouldn't see.
>
> But we sat down and figured it out, on average, people nowadays spend
> upwards of 10,000 dollars for a wedding. (in some cases maybe more if
> you rent a hall, have a reception, etc.)
>
> Like I stated earlier, we want something "different" and there is no
> doubt that this is "different"...
>
> What you think guys?
>
> And by the way, if this becomes reality, it would be held on a Saturday
> or Sunday, and all are welcome to attend, take photos, etc.
>
>
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