Pay up or shut up!
Author: Whine & Cry
Date: 10-07-2015 - 14:49
See so they aren’t just being forgotten. Any of you armchair preservationists willing to kick a few bucks or hours to CSRM to help restorations efforts there? If not, STFU!!! There are only so many man hours and $’s to go around.
J Mann Wrote:
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> Relax. It looks like the CSRM is planning to
> paint them and move them up by the museum. From
> the CSRM Facebook page post September 8:
>
> Today our railroad crew brought AT&SF American
> class locomotive 5021 into our Railyards in Old
> Sacramento to test our switch configuration as a
> prelude to moving our two Santa Fe locos into Old
> Sacramento.
>
> They currently reside on our tracks on the levee
> south of town and sadly they've been subject to a
> lot of cosmetic vandalism. Mechanically they're
> fine but they get tagged quite often. By moving
> them up here we can keep a better eye on them and
> we can interpret them.
>
> The work involves moving equipment to make enough
> room for the equipment while still accommodating
> our railroad uses as well as painting the locos so
> they look presentable. With luck, we might have
> the locos on site by the end of 2015.
>
> We're delighted to observe that the loco can pass
> the switch with no apparent problems. This is
> great news!