Re: 346 tender back in Golden

Tim Schreiner Wrote:
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> With that point of view. They shouldn't waist time
> replacing siding on a coach. or caboose, but just
> do it the easy way with plywood, or vinyl siding.
> Functionality is important, and that's was why it
> was built with stainless. So it will probably
> never have to be rebuilt again. However rivit
> detail is extremely important in telling a story
> of how they built them in the historic past.
> Patches also show how they were repaired as well.


Why do you care to show how it was repaired? All the repair does is restore functionality. It's not like each repair a railroad made was special or sacred. I don't understand why people have that mentality. When you restore an old auto for show, do you keep all the dents and dings in the car? If a piece of the body needs replacing, are you going to put those dents and dings back in because that's how it was historically? No. You'll restore it to look how it did when it was brand new. How is a locomotive,or any piece of rolling stock, any different? Wouldn't you rather it looked like it did when it rolled out of the factory, clean and pristine, rather than it did when it was a beat up piece of garbage? If you want to say "ooo" and "aaahh" over some repair a shop guy did 100 years ago, go do it on the original piece of equipment, like #346's old tank, that isn't in use anymore.