Ogden Is Okay With Rail Museum For Now
Author: Northern Snowman
Date: 09-06-2017 - 20:29
SP 0-6-0 Wrote:
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> Northern Snowman Wrote:
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> > Ogden, Utah is working to get rid of the rail
> > museum and a lot of the equipment that is
> around
> > Union Station in Ogden. Hotel and convention
> > center seen as a better use for the space.
> >
> > Link
> >
> > Even Dynarail is looking for a new home for
> their
> > F40PHR #231 and SDP40F #644.
> >
> > Link
>
> I went to Snowman's first link just now and the
> blog post has been updated with some positive
> news:
>
> "The good news is twofold: one, the original
> purpose of this post was accomplished in that it
> drew attention to the national and international
> interest that the museum holds, and two, a museum
> board member confirmed that the board
> overwhelmingly rejected Ogden City's plans to
> remove the rail center and, for now, the
> collections are safe. We will now wait to see if
> these plans are resurrected in the future, at
> which time action will be necessary."
Whole blog has been taken down now. Sounds like viral reposting and the multiple calls, tweets, and Facebook messages from many in the rail fan community worked.