Re: (erielack) Trains articles on Lackawanna.

["DLW1155_@_aol.com"]

Hi Steve,

I don't know where thew rumor that former MCCRR 0-6-0 4039 is headed to 
Steamtown got started but it is false. The Whippany Railway Museum diod 
receive a $15,000.00 matching grant from a corporaste foundation( can't 
recall the name at the moment) that will help in the museum's long-range gola 
to return the lcomotive to steam but it is a drop in the bucket as compared 
to what is needed to complete the project estimated at well over $300,000.00. 
The musuem did hire Mr. J. David Conrad of the Valley Railroad  a couple of 
years ago to do a thorough inspection and cost estimate for the rebuild. If 
enough funds are raised to go forward with the job plans are to disassemble 
the locomotive and truck it to the VRR at Essex, CT, where Dave Conrad's firm 
can do the work and test-run her when finished. Profits from the trips run by 
the museum throughout the year are being set aside for this undertaking.

Al Holleuffer

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