[PRCo] Re: PTM News

[AProchek at aol.com]

Excellent! I wish I could be there to help but I burned pretty much all my vacation time for this year already.  Are you going to keep Armco Steel B73 outside?  It seems to be doing well out there but I am sure y'all know how rare it is - any rail museum would give its eye teeth to have it, and I bet there are some people who are really ticked that its at a trolley museum.  There's a whole website devoted to boxcabs.  Its in there.  One of two left operating I think.


In a message dated 7/1/2004 7:41:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net> writes:

>The initial stuffing of the new Blimp Hangar occurred today as the Akron,
>better known as MWP locomotive 3000, was lifted from the standard gauge
>siding, placed on a trailer and whisked away to the East Site, where it was
>again levitated onto the dual-gauge track and pushed into place with our
>handy forklift.  We learned that 3000 weighed 107,700 pounds, according to
>the measuring equipment on the crane, and there are some nice photos of it
>hanging in mid-air...though it wasn't there for long.  Those guys are very
>efficient.
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>Getting 3000 out of the way frees up some very usable space, and insures
>immediate indoor preservation.  All the work done during the 1970s by Bill
>Fronczek to restore it to its MVT appearance has effectively been destroyed
>by continued outdoor storage, and will someday have to be repeated.  This is
>a lesson that every rail museum needs to take seriously.
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>Stuffing continues beginning next Wednesday, July 7.  Stay tuned!  When it's
>all done, our entire collection except for two diesel locomotives (and the
>"fleet" of rusting boxcars, most of which are destined to go away) will be
>under cover.  Removing 3000 first facilitates the remaining moves.
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