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Re: (erielack) Trains articles on Lackawanna.

So Al, if one were inclined to contribute, where does one send a check?

SGL

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Subject: Re: (erielack) Trains articles on Lackawanna.


> 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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