Re: Western Ry Museum question
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 10-06-2018 - 11:38
Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> > About a decade or go ago, there was a 3-way
> trade among (I think) WRM, WPRM and PLA. Several
> pieces were relocated in order to better align the
> collections.
>
> It was a hatchet job against the steam department
> at WRM. Some of the tram nazis behind it had to
> twist PLA's arm several times to take Robert
> Dollar #3 because the PLA types were quite
> familiar with the BAERA politics involved and
> didn't want ant part of them.
>
> The 917 was a memorial to the late Harre Demoro.
> It went to Porltola, where it has been damaged in
> a collision. BAERA had always kept it inside a
> building.
917 was involved in a collision? Due tell?
Always thought it was lame that they gave up the Sac Northern geep, as it fit the mission statement