Fw: (erielack) Trains articles on Lackawanna.

["Schuyler G Larrabee" <"sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com">]

Al replied just to me but I am sure ;^) that some of the rest of you really,
really want to know this too.

SGL

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From: <"DLW1155_@_aol.com">
To: <"sgl2_@_ix.netcom.com">
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Trains articles on Lackawanna.


> Hi Schuyler,
>
> Contributions to the Whippany Railway Museum for the restoration of No.
4039
> can be sent to the museum at P.O. Box 16, Whippany, NJ 07981. The museum
has
> various gifts that are sent to contributors depending on the size of the
> donation. One is a special coffee mug noting that the person contributed
> toward the Locomotive 4039 Restoration Fund. I can't remeber what some of
the
> others are. At this hour of the morning after running trains all night for
N
> J Transit I'm lucky I remember my own name!
>
> I spent may hours repairing, firing and running 4039 both in Whippany and
> Newfoundland so it holds a special place in my memory. I hope my donation,
> small as it was, will someday help see the old workhorse return to steam.
> Sister loco 4038 is still stored on the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
> (ex-D&H Cooperstown Branch). I have heard that the new group running the
line
> hopes to make arrangements with D-O Corp. to acquire and restore this one
> also.
>
> Al Holleuffer


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