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Preserving your collection
Author: Beverlyhelper
Date: 03-22-2010 - 14:17
d Wrote:
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> The unit at the museum West of St. Louis was a
> "complete disaster" when we saw it years earlier.
> Very pleased to see, that at least, it's skin is
> intact. Any pantographs?
>
It was the lack of maintenance of the E-2 by the St. Louis Museum that caused the E50AB to go to Duluth. Powers at Milwaukee RR at the time were disgusted with how St. Louis had cared for the E-2, so decided to send the two units north instead of south. A lesson to all of you involved in rail preservation - take care of what you got, or you might not see much more. One of the reasons why IRM is such a success. ;-)
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> The unit at the museum West of St. Louis was a
> "complete disaster" when we saw it years earlier.
> Very pleased to see, that at least, it's skin is
> intact. Any pantographs?
>
It was the lack of maintenance of the E-2 by the St. Louis Museum that caused the E50AB to go to Duluth. Powers at Milwaukee RR at the time were disgusted with how St. Louis had cared for the E-2, so decided to send the two units north instead of south. A lesson to all of you involved in rail preservation - take care of what you got, or you might not see much more. One of the reasons why IRM is such a success. ;-)
