HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> 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

As someone who worked on the SN 712, I am disgusted that they gave away the very last SN locomotive, which as you say perfectly fit the mission statement and collection policy. The Tram Nazis' explanation was that it was "too big." (Funny how they would never dream of divesting WP ten-wheeler 94, even though there's no one left to work on it!)

As for the 917 collision at Portola, all I know is that it apparently took place during a "run a locomotive" activity. One side of the nose was torn up, so I assume it was a sideswipe accident.