Quote:The Daily World
The Polson Museum will have another $3,500 to go toward the restoration of its No. 45 locomotive courtesy of a grant from Rayonier, according to a statement the company released Thursday.
Bill Monahan, Rayonier’s Pacific resource unit leader, presented the money to museum Director John Larson, the statement says. The money, Larson said in the statement, will go toward specialized riveting equipment, steel, paint and other hardware for the 45’s cab.
“The grant monies are a huge deal for us and will truly make a difference as we begin the long road to restoration of this historic engine,” Larson said in the statement.
The No. 45, a 45-ton Baldwin locomotive, was bought by the Polson Logging Company in 1906 and used throughout the 1950s after Rayonier bought the company in 1948, according to the statement. In 1961, the locomotive was moved to Hoquiam’s Last Spur Park on Lincoln Street until 1998, when it was given to the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad with the intention of being restored.
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