Well, at LEAST it's a place to start from. Certainly BETTER than becoming a couple Hyundais or a thousand cat food cans. This WILL take some pretty deep pockets though, to make any real progress on.
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Wow, where did that come from? Was that one of the ATSF / D&H / sent to Mexico PA's? I heard they came back from Mexico several years ago and one of them was well on the way to being restored.
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When they were repatriated from Mexico the plan was they were both to be restored by Doyle, who was to do D&H 18 as a Nickel Plate unit for himself (look up NKP 190) and the other (16) as an ATSF Warbonnet for the Smithstonian museum. I don't know if they lost interest or otherwise, but the Smithstonian sold 16 to a local museum or historical society who plan on restoring her to ATSF colours. It will be a very big undertaking though, as evident by what they have to work with...
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WOW! that is a sad picture, I remember seeing Alco PAs in better shape in a scrap line at Pilot Brothers in La Grange, IL. That PA is going to take a lot of work and money, I hope someone has some deep pockets, there going to need it.
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The Museum of the American Railroad was given the PA by the Smithsonian. The museum will be moving from its current location at Fair Park in Dallas to its new location along BNSF's former Frisco mainline in (where else?) Frisco, TX. The PA had been stored at Doyle McCormack's facility in Washington after it and its sister PA were repatriated about 10 years ago. More info on the museum, its new location and the PA... http://www.museumoftheamericanrailroad.org/
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One small correction, Doyle was not supposed to do any work, only get it moved to Oregon, where he's restoring the NKP 190. Hopefully the new owners can fit this into their plans after their move is completed.
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