Santa Fe man Wrote:
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> Granted Doyle did that for tribute to His father
> but obtaining ANYTHING from the Smithsonain (which
> had a goal of RESTORING it) which by defination is
> PRESERVING and RESTORING it to it's AS BUILT
> statis is treasonous to those of Us that followed
> for years the removal from mexico. This locomotive
> was the last remaining chance of any of Us to see
> what We either remembered from Our youth or never
> did get a chance to see. If He had've PURCHASED
> the locomotive from mexico, He could have done
> ANYTHING He wanted to it. But the Smithsonian
> dropped the ball by not adding verbage that the
> locomotive be RESTORED. Doyle pulled a fast
> one........... and the price of one memory will
> cost all of Us that had hoped to one day see a
> GLAMOUROUS Santa Fe PA ever again has been
> hopelessly dashed. MY OPINION???? Send it right
> back to mexico. Pink and blue would be just about
> as nice as the hideous NKP scheme ! ! ! ! !

Oh, put a cork in it. There are OTHER locomotives in the Santa Fe red & silver warbonnet scheme in museums and a few still running on BNSF.

There are NO other locomotives in the Nickel Plate Blue Bird scheme which I feel was one of the most attractive schemes to grace any diesel.

Wise up, pal.