Re: NNG Louisiana and Arkansas 503 to be scrapped! Please help!

I think that if you all will check your timelines on this whole fiasco, you will find out that the Port Arthur news first ran Ken Stickney's story on this on Feb. 13. By that time, the asbestos abatement had been done and the site cleared of that debris. (Inland did a great job of removing the jacket and the asbestos, by the way, without cutting a single piece of piping or removing any appliances, which shows that they were actually hoping that someone would come along to preserve the loco.). On Feb. 14, the day scrapping was to begin, both the bad weather, soggy ground, and a groundswell of local opinion prevented the immediate start of the scrapping process. Before Jason arrived on the scene on the 16th., there were several parties inquiring at city hall regarding the locomotive and numerous residents very upset about potentially scrapping the engine. Jason's arrival, condescending attitude and carefully orchestrated media blitz pushed all of these people out of the way, and created the local backlash that kept the engine in Port Arthur.

No one likes to have and outsider come into their house and tell them how to arrange their personal furniture, let alone tell them what pieces of furniture to sell to the outsider, and at what price, especially after being told by the outsider that the outsider is better equipped to use and take care of their furniture than they are.