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Anacortes steam train
Author: news poster
Date: 01-01-2020 - 22:12
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Group striving to keep Thompson train in town
Talk of selling the Tommy Thompson train has spurred an effort to try to keep it in Anacortes.
The local nonprofit Anacortes Railway hopes to meet the requirements to enter into a sale agreement.
Dave Sem and Brooks Middleton are the key players behind the effort. Middleton was a member of the Anacortes Railway in 2015, back when the group initially began to work on bringing the train back to operation, and Sem is new to the Anacortes Railway.
“It’s part of the history of the town, and if you can get it running again, it’s something everyone can be proud of and support,” Middleton said
This new effort all started when Sem learned that there was an out-of-town buyer interested in moving the train to Lincoln, California. The interested buyer is California native Bret Iwan, a train enthusiast who reached out to the Thompson family and the city in the summer about purchasing the train and installing an operational route and tribute to the legacy of the train’s builder Tommy Thompson, Jr.
Iwan spent summers on Fidalgo Island where he remembers being inspired by his rides on the train and said he wants to make the train operational once more so others can share that experience.
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Group striving to keep Thompson train in town
Talk of selling the Tommy Thompson train has spurred an effort to try to keep it in Anacortes.
The local nonprofit Anacortes Railway hopes to meet the requirements to enter into a sale agreement.
Dave Sem and Brooks Middleton are the key players behind the effort. Middleton was a member of the Anacortes Railway in 2015, back when the group initially began to work on bringing the train back to operation, and Sem is new to the Anacortes Railway.
“It’s part of the history of the town, and if you can get it running again, it’s something everyone can be proud of and support,” Middleton said
This new effort all started when Sem learned that there was an out-of-town buyer interested in moving the train to Lincoln, California. The interested buyer is California native Bret Iwan, a train enthusiast who reached out to the Thompson family and the city in the summer about purchasing the train and installing an operational route and tribute to the legacy of the train’s builder Tommy Thompson, Jr.
Iwan spent summers on Fidalgo Island where he remembers being inspired by his rides on the train and said he wants to make the train operational once more so others can share that experience.
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(More at the link above)
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 Anacortes steam train |
news poster | 01-01-2020 - 22:12 |