Re: San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum Theft

orangerail Wrote:
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> This morning while planning on working on our
> Pacific Coast Boxcar #706 project, it was
> discovered that someone had cut the lock and chain
> on the gate securing our Emily Street yard. The
> culprits then cut through a heavy duty 1/2" thick
> chain and entered our Pacific Coast 1200 series
> Boxcar housing artifacts for our future museum. At
> this time, we are missing the locomotive bell off
> our 1927 Baldwin Kiso Lumber locomotive. The brass
> bell is approxiamately 8 to 10 inches in diameter
> and has a yolk and acorn nut on its top. We are
> still checking to see what other items maybe
> missing. For those in Southern and Central
> California that may come across a railroad
> locomotive bell that would be similar to ours in a
> pawn shop, antique store or swap meet please let
> us know. A call can be made to the San Luis Obispo
> Police Department, the SLO Railroad museum at
> info@slorrm.com, or contact me at (805) 461-1460
> or orangerail@aol.com.   Ted


Hi, Ted -

There are several antique shops here in downtown Ventura, only about 150 miles south of S.L.O. If you or Brad can send me a few "Stolen Item" flyers (as suggested elsewhere in this thread), I will be happy to distribute them for you. (Brad has my address.)

- Russ Sperry (life member SLORRM)