Re: Western Railway Museum -- Thanks for the info
Author: RVJ Refugee
Date: 08-14-2016 - 01:46
I suspect the fund appeal was prepared for prospective donors who are not really familiar with the museum (nothing wrong with that, of course). At the bottom of page 1 is the statement, "Of all the hundreds of Birneys that ran in northern and central California, only #62 survived." Actually, the word "intact" should have been added at the end of that sentence, as the bodies of three other Birneys are located at Rio Vista Junction: Pacific Gas & Electric (Sacramento) #41 and #46, and Stockton Electric #56. Considerable restoration work was done to #41 back in the 1970s, before it was abandoned for whatever reason.