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Lots of pretty nice photos, BUT:
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Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Lots of pretty nice photos, BUT:
No dates?
No information?
No titles?
steamtown and trolley museum in scranton pa. DEC 2
i dont know man, i just take pictures. lol
Yawwwwwwn! Just another collection of railfan snapshots.
Nice collection of photos you have there. Shame so much is just rusting away...
I enjoyed your photos,thanks for posting.
Brad
Does anyone know what engine that is in the round house shot with no lettering on it? Look like it was freshly painted.
Originally Posted by septabeep:
If this is the unmarked locomotive in the Roundhouse you were asking about, then this is 1925-built Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 no 6039.
As far as items rusting away in the yard, we have to remember that Steamtown is not an independent agency and does not "own" the items. As a unit of the National Park Service, the NPS management is caretaker for OUR property. Each citizen of the USA is part owner of the land, buildings and rolling stock. It can all be preserved, but not all at the same time. If you think more funds should be spent at the park, or spent differently, use your power as a citizen to inform your congressman. You never know what might happen.
In 2004, I was told it would cost $35 million to restore everything. Some projects funded by the stimulus package are still being worked on. Where the future takes us depends on the whims of the taxpayers who do the actual funding of the projects.
I need to get back there one of these days, must have been 20 yr. since I was there.
Funny, I grew up near it and have never been there. Course, I think it opened during my coming of age years, when I eschewed the train interest/addiction!
Thank for posting these nice pictures. I think I'll head up there and visit one of these days.
>>In 2004, I was told it would cost $35 million to restore everything.
If I win that $550 million Powerball lottery, give me a call!
LOL, Kent! That jackpot has been won, and no lottery winner has stepped forward yet. Yesterday I noticed the new amount is 'only' $50 million.
I was interested in, and enjoyed the photos. It's been about 10 years since I was last there. It brought back memories, but it is too bad how much some of the collection seems to have deteriorated.
Originally Posted by Tim O'Malley:
LOL, Kent! That jackpot has been won, and no lottery winner has stepped forward yet. Yesterday I noticed the new amount is 'only' $50 million.
Well, 50 mil would take care of the B&M Pacific and Brooks-Scanlon Prarie... and maybe CN 47? (That was the engine Nelson Blount started it all with up in New Hampshire!)
it is a great place.
Originally Posted by Tim O'Malley:
In 2004, I was told it would cost $35 million to restore everything. Some projects funded by the stimulus package are still being worked on. Where the future takes us depends on the whims of the taxpayers who do the actual funding of the projects.
Here's a list and it's not the whims of the taxpayers but rather the whims of our big 'ole government:
http://www.heritage.org/resear...vernment-waste#_edn8
Thanks for the pics - makes up for not getting out myself last weekend. I liked the pics from within the Trolley Museum. I've walked past the place a zillion times and wondered if it was actually ever open.
/Mitch
