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Dear JohnAllenfan, All the info I have is third hand. I have to say the legend of John Allen looms large. I met the late Allan Fenton at the 2000 NMRA Convention in San Jose. He was a regular operator on G&D. I would suggest talking with him but he passed away a couple of years ago. I believe there are several others who were in that group who are still with us. I bet Andy knows who they are. Andy Sperando was an operator there for a year or two. There was also a gentleman who did a clinic on the G&D at the 2000 convention. Look in the old convention intinerary to find his name. He was an operator there as well. On the claim of salvaged G&D locos: The guy at the clinic had photos of the basement taken after the fire. I looked at them. The basement and the layout appeared to be burned beyond reconition. It is possible stuff might have survived, but looking at the photos it seems very unlikely that very much of it did. I think there is a part of in all of us John Allen fans that wants it to be true that stuff survived. There is also some discussion of the topic in Linn Wescott's book on G&D. Maybe there are some on the forum with more info. Guy
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