Me Ask Melvin Wrote:
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> Per someone on The Trainorders:
> “Gone by the end of 2020, if not before. There is
> an effort by a lcoal group to try to purchase them
> at scrap value if they don't get purchased by
> someone else. This includes the 1501 (SD7), 1801
> (GP9) and 1852 (SD9), all ex-SP units. 1854 is
> said to be safe so far.”
>
> Does this “local group” have a name, and do they
> want help?
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“Cadillac Survivors” is a project started by the Cascade Crossing Railroad Preservation Group, of the Common Sense for Oregon Foundation. Our goal is to do everything we can to save last remaining Southern Pacific Cadillac SD7 & 9 locomotives on the rails in Oregon.