[PRCo] Re: Museums and Climate

[Fred W. Schneider III]

And the sun gets the seat upholstery through the window glass! And that
cost a lot more to replace than a paint job. 

Kenneth Josephson wrote:
> 
> "Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:
> 
> > And bundles of money needed to maintain it.  Their only advantage is
> > that ties don't rot as rapidly in a desert environment.
> 
> Unless you are talking about the high desert such as the Mojave, where I
> live. WRM's climate is a bit more forgiving than that of Las Vegas. While
> ties and utility poles here aren't rotted by excessive moisture, the intense
> heat, high UV and ultra dry air can reduce the life of treated wood
> considerably. I suspect this will be a headache for the museum group that
> plans to operate on the former UP Las Vegas-Henderson-Boulder City line.
> 
> The heat and UV in this part of the country also makes short order of wiring,
> interior materials and paint pigment. OERM has to deal with cars fading
> almost as quickly as they can paint them. And some of their really neat stuff
> isn't under cover, though John Smatlak is doing his best to get the cars
> wrapped up and out of the sun.
> 
> Ken J.