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Dan Markoff

August 19, 2014 01:07PM

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You hit the nail on the head. The biggest asset to doing a restoration is to have it inside. After I got Eureka, that is the first major thing I did was to build an engine house. Depending on the size of the building, they can be had for fairly reasonable prices. If I had it to do over again, I would probably put in a steel prefab building. My current shop is wood and stucco. It's homey, and matches my home, but I would prefer to have steel surrounding me. The big disadvantage is steel is hotter than hell here in the summer.

Dan

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Economics of restoring a locomotive	Dan Markoff	August 18, 2014 11:53PM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	snowtownbob	August 19, 2014 01:29AM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	Stewart Rhine	August 19, 2014 06:09AM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	JoeK	August 19, 2014 11:37AM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	jrmay	August 19, 2014 08:41AM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	Dan Markoff	August 19, 2014 01:07PM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	jrmay	August 19, 2014 02:51PM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	Ted miles	August 19, 2014 10:40AM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	HighCommander	August 19, 2014 11:19AM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	rehunn	August 19, 2014 12:39PM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	Randy Hees	August 19, 2014 07:41PM
Re: Economics of restoring a locomotive	AZfarmer	August 20, 2014 12:20AM

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