Re: Thoughts on Saving stuff

As one of those born midway in between your father acquiring it and now, I appreciate the fact that the two of you have kept it. I'd love to see, for those who are willing, their stacks of stuff get scanned and deposited in some sort of repository...perhaps a museum of choice, a library, or on a home in cyberspace.


Ron, by 1892, and definitely by 1900, new narrow gauge locomotives were an endangered species...Brooks produced 176 (138 were 2-6-0s) NG locomotives from 1870-1890 and 16 from 1891 onwards (8 were 2-6-0s). Similarly, there were 1400+ total 3' gauge locomotives produced 1870-1890, and around 300 for 1891-1947. Once the narrow gauge movement collapsed along with the Little Giant, there was an increasing surplus of available used locomotives and a decreasing number of narrow gauge miles. (Numbers are for common carriers from Hilton's book...so I doubt the Q&TL power is included)

Michael

davegrandt Wrote:
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> I'm kind of curious as to what you are going to do
> with this?
>
> This leads me onto a philosophical train, narrow
> gauge of course,of thought. Over 60 years ago my
> dad aquired the drawing and put it in his pile, in
> the ensuing years since, it has been moved to at
> least 6 different locations with scarcely a
> glance. As I get older I, and a couple of others I
> know, wonder what the hell are we saving these
> piles of stuff for. There are other people who
> have bigger piles, so I'm not going to win. I
> suspect most of it will end up in a shredder or
> landfill.