Mitch Wrote:
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> RuleG Wrote:
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> > I regret that I didn't more fully appreciate
> the
> > GG1s when they were running...
>
> I feel your pain! I grew up while they were
> nearing
> their retirement but have not a single photo of
> one
> in action. The only one's I've seen were by
> chance
> along I-95 as a passing glance out the window.
>
> I do recall seeing a zillion of them parked at
> Wilmington, DE - once again, a passing glance from
>
> I-95.
>
>
> As for the condition and location of #4800 - I
> have
> pictures of her at the Museum (prints), and she
> looked
> great.
>
> I believe she was donated in 1980, painted in 1982
> and
> brought inside but for some odd reason, placed
> back
> outside in 1984? And from there...
>
> I'd love to find out just how the Museum makes
> it's
> decisions on one gets restored, what waits, and
> what
> comes in vr what stays outside.
>
> Seems most the smaller and the oldest pieces are
> on
> the top of the list.
>
> Pics from the 90's tell another story - I have to
> assume
> it's the asbestos abatement that started a new
> restoration
> cycle.
>
> /Mitch


Don't forget the PCB's in the transformer oil. I had not considered that untill you mentioned the asbestos. How much would a pole barn cost to erect? Paint can only protect so much. Also,in the photo the lead truck looks as if it is on the way to derailing off the far rail. Probably a result of the long lens used. Using the pic as the desktop view for the week .