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Re: If you could rebuild extinct steam what would you pick?
Author: synonymouse
Date: 07-30-2019 - 19:43
I think y'all have excellent taste in locomotives and I agree with every selection.
It seems that the #4294 is the consensus engine and it deserves an examination. My impression from visits to the CSRM is the reigning opinion there is "ain't no way in hell - too many parts large and small are missing" I do not dispute that but other restorations must have had to deal with missing parts too.
Too bad we cannot get a Governor who likes trains and would launch a major upgrade of the CSRM. I do not see a rebuild of the #4294 likely at the present level of funding and state interest in the museum. We can always hope but nuts and bolts political leaders are not in vogue now.
It seems that the #4294 is the consensus engine and it deserves an examination. My impression from visits to the CSRM is the reigning opinion there is "ain't no way in hell - too many parts large and small are missing" I do not dispute that but other restorations must have had to deal with missing parts too.
Too bad we cannot get a Governor who likes trains and would launch a major upgrade of the CSRM. I do not see a rebuild of the #4294 likely at the present level of funding and state interest in the museum. We can always hope but nuts and bolts political leaders are not in vogue now.
