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CharlieMcCandless

July 07, 2007 06:23AM

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The incomplete restoration of Santa Fe Northern 2912 is an example of not having all the ducks lined up. The group that was going to restore it to operating condition, the Pueblo Locomotive and Rail Historical Society, went out of business. That group stripped the locomotive and had some of the appliances rebuilt. Then things went south for this group in a hurry. The group suffered from a lack of sweat equity and money.
The current trustee of the locomotive, the Pueblo Railway Foubdation, is researching grants to restore the locomotive cosmetically. I can speak for this as I am the public relations person for the group after coming over from the PLRHS in 2004. However,it is a competitive market as far as grants are concerned so I know of nothing on the horizon going toward the restoration of this engine.
We frankly are embarrassed by its condition but it will be greenbacks and not red faces that will bring it back.

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Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Wade Hall	July 06, 2007 12:06PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Mike B	July 06, 2007 12:26PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Fred T	July 06, 2007 12:33PM
Working and preservation steam.	El Coke	July 06, 2007 12:57PM
Re: Working and preservation steam.	Andrew Brandon	July 06, 2007 01:13PM
Re: Working and preservation steam.	michael	July 06, 2007 04:44PM
NNG: Santa Fe 2912	CharlieMcCandless	July 07, 2007 06:23AM
Re: Working and preservation steam.	Rick Steele	July 07, 2007 07:34AM
Re: Working and preservation steam.	El Skonk	July 07, 2007 11:36AM
Re: Working and preservation steam.	Mike Trent	July 07, 2007 12:43PM
Re: Working and preservation steam.	Rick Steele	July 08, 2007 10:21AM
Re: Working and preservation steam. II	Rick Steele	July 08, 2007 10:35AM
Re: Working and preservation steam. II	Tim Schreiner	July 08, 2007 02:13PM
Re: Working and preservation steam. II	Rick Steele	July 09, 2007 08:13AM
Re: Working and preservation steam.	Bill Dennehy	July 09, 2007 09:17AM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	John West	July 06, 2007 02:46PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Ryan Shofner	July 06, 2007 09:19PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Fred T	July 06, 2007 09:33PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Fred Folk	July 06, 2007 10:32PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007--463	Keith	July 08, 2007 03:25PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007 PIC	Mark Valerius	July 12, 2007 03:20PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007 PIC	Mark Valerius	July 12, 2007 03:23PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Jim	July 06, 2007 09:46PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	michael	July 06, 2007 10:57PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Ryan Shofner	July 07, 2007 06:00AM
A note about the C&TS rotaries	Mark Valerius	July 09, 2007 01:40PM
Rotaries, Asbestos, and Mechanical Condition	Dick Cowles	July 09, 2007 03:51PM
Re: Rotaries, Asbestos, and Mechanical Condition	Mark Valerius	July 10, 2007 07:19AM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	rod	July 07, 2007 05:57PM
Big vs little-financing restorations	El Coke	July 08, 2007 07:08AM
Re: Big vs little-financing restorations	Marty Knox	July 08, 2007 08:18AM
Re: Big vs little-financing restorations	El Coke	July 08, 2007 01:44PM
Re: Big vs little-financing restorations	Marty Knox	July 08, 2007 06:05PM
Re: Big vs little-financing restorations	Herb Kelsey	July 10, 2007 03:47PM
Re: Big vs little-financing restorations	Fred Folk	July 11, 2007 07:51AM
Re: Big vs little-financing restorations	Herb Kelsey	July 11, 2007 01:03PM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	Fritz Klinke	July 08, 2007 02:32AM
Re: Locomotives--the irony of 2007	michael	July 08, 2007 07:01AM
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Various and sundry	Wade Hall	July 08, 2007 03:39PM
Re: Various and sundry	Fritz Klinke	July 09, 2007 01:57AM
Re: Various and sundry	stuart olson	July 09, 2007 02:26AM
Re: Various and sundry	Fritz Klinke	July 09, 2007 03:10AM
Re: Various and sundry	Herb Kelsey	July 10, 2007 03:55PM

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