Re: Railroad Remains

J.B.Bane Wrote:
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> Sadly, there are no trains in this photo. These
> two buildings are the only Sumpter Valley Ry.
> structures left in South Baker. The larger of the
> two buildings in the back is the 3 stall engine
> house built in 1940 to house the 2 big articulated
> engines #'s 250 and 251, plus mikado #17 which was
> converted to oil and remained on roster. The
> building on the left was the railroads stores
> warehouse built in the early part of the 1900's.
> This photo was taken in the early 2000's. Within
> a few years after this photo was taken, the roof
> of the engine house had deteriorated to such an
> extent that there were large holes suggesting that
> some of the purloins had collapsed under snow
> load. It appeared that the building was doomed,
> but it seems someone bought the property to use as
> an auto wrecking yard and put a lot of money into
> stabilizing the old structures. On the bright
> side they are saved, but on the down side, the
> area is fenced and it is no longer possible to
> explore the old site at will. The scan is from
> the SVRR Archive.
> [attachment 73843 img2386-Copy-Copy.jpg]

What was stolen? You wrote "purloins", rather than "purlins", an amusing error, and an odd use of the third person present of "purloin", causing me to wonder.