[PRCo] Re: WP--700s

[James B. Holland]

Has already been disgusted on this list  --  the  WP  700s at PTM will 
be static displays unless a miracle of money is donated for overhaul.

Jim__Holland


AProchek at aol.com wrote:

> my understanding is that there are no original WP 700 series trucks 
> left. Either some other trucks will have to be used (egad, destroying 
> the originality) or replicas will have to be made ($$$$$). I think we 
> can all live with the wrong trucks just to get the damn thing moving. 
> . Since the WP 700s were built in WP shops with Pennsylvania labor, 
> wouldn't having PTM crews put it back together just be a continuation 
> of tradition? And for that matter, how much of 4398's sheet metal had 
> been replaced by PRco crews before Justin got to it?