| Posted by on September 1, 2008 | |
$7,000,000.00 and it still looks like that.
That is sad!
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Rebuilding a steamer many years after the culture has died is like building a prototype for the first one you ever built. You can be sure there are trips to the foundry and the machine shop every day. Then that special call to one of the last workers who is still alive and can remember enough to tell you how they solved that particular problem. Thanks Andrew for the timeless image of a stripped down boiler.
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Thanks for the great updated view of 1361. New smoke box, new steam dome, new flues...Sure wish they could get it finished. Does 'Humpty Dumpty' stand a better chance? I'm sure glad I got to see her when she was on the Horseshoe Curve and when she ran after her first restoration. I believe she has spent almost as much time in her post Horseshoe Curve life in restoration shops as she did while on display on the 'Curve.' How frustrating!
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| Posted by M.G. on September 4, 2008 | |
Sad to see the Juniata Jewel like that.
I wish I was at the railfest.
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It cost $7,000,000 just to get it this far? talk about over budget, I think it only cost CP $2,000,000 to restore 2816, which was in BAD shape at the time, and that was considered to be way over budget. I think somebody is over pricing these people just a little.
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