Sad. This shows what happens when a well intentioned group gets in over its head. Without the talented people and the money to pay them and pay for materials needed, we see this happen.
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I thought that destruction of objects of art was against the law … sad.
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I thought that destruction of objects of art was against the law … sad.
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It's cool that you can see the logos of the 3 owners of this unit...PRR, PC and CR!
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What a shame. Plaese someone resque this engine.
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| Posted by on February 25, 2014 | |
Somebody put it out of it's misery
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| Posted by on February 25, 2014 | |
Why? Is there a railroad museum around here somewhere?
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Yea, pretty sad, looks even worse now than when I paid them a visit.
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| Posted by JerryE on February 26, 2014 | |
@cmdrflake: Sad as it is, but surely without those people this locomotive would likely have been converted into Autos or baked bean cans long ago! Don't be put off by rusting "cosmetic" plate-work...
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| Posted by Jason on February 26, 2014 | |
Wow that GG1.
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This is sacrilegious. Whoever owns this motive power had to know years ago that restoration costs were getting out of hand. Instead, they chose to watch the slow death of a magnificent machine. Too bad they couldn't be held culpable.
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Sad.
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Although it's in bad shape, I do like the keystone and Penn Central markings. Hopefully it gets restored.
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| Posted by Kibu on July 20, 2014 | |
This unit has a somewhat interesting history. It was purchased by a group in Florida to be part of a museum/restaurant idea. However they ran into some problems. The main problem was the fact that they couldn't find a company willing to transport it by rail, due to its current condition. CSX flat refused to allow the thing to be moved over their property, and stated they would require it to be moved by flatcar. Due to the weight of the unit, the cost of this would be prohibitive for the company that purchased it. They considered moving it by truck, but once again that would require both prohibitive costs, and serious disassembly of the engine to make transport possible. CSX has relented to some degree, stating that if the unit can be brought up to reasonable standards, brake wise, then they will agree to move it. However the engine wasn't in great shape when it was purchased. The Florida group is still looking for solutions, and of late have been considering cutting the engine into pieces, removing the internals of it and scrapping them, and shipping it by parts to their site, where they will reassemble it into a kind of "stuffed and mounted" cosmetic display.
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