Re: engines scrapped because ...

Joe Weigman Wrote:
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> hank Wrote:
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> > There was a drive in Durango at one point in
> the
> > early 1950's to get rid of #315 'cause it was
> > "ugly".
>
> By the Rio Grande or Durango? Richardson's NGN
> prompted a local Durango Businessman to save 315
> with the rotary club, saying 315 or 319 was up
> next for the scrapper. I don't recall hearing
> about disgruntled residents talking about
> scrapping 315 after being put on display,

NGN #35 May, 1953 in the "Around the broken circle" section in a note on a proposal to buy a Goose and put it with 315
" ... aroused strong opposition ... and others who urged that instead of 'metal contraptions' that flowers adorn the spot, tulips especially ..."

Hank