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Hello Everyone, For better or worse, this forum has accomplished a couple of things. It did get me in touch with Keith again (he just wrote me) and he offered some further explanation on the engine. With great thanks to Keith the following; “I was one of John Allen's friends for many years. There was a salvage effort done with Andrew Allen's permission. In fact, he asked us to do what we could to save anything. I myself did not go on the salvage trips. Two or three of the operators did that. I do not know what became of the many boxes of salvage. I suspect it's in the hands of one of the operators. Your little engine was painted by John during a clinic he gave at my house. I guess this makes it a Allen engine, but not technically. I located it while we were in the process of moving.” So there you have it, an engine painted by John Allen but not necessarily owned by him. It was never on the G&D (something I never claimed either). That fact that John Allen painted it during a clinic makes it more like the sketches of Da Vinci and not the Mona Lisa; I can live with that. I think my bragging rights are securely established. Keith doesn’t want to post on this forum and I respect that. Obviously if he did you would all get a chance to question him and prove to yourselves the validity of his statements but I think we have moved beyond that point now. Maybe some day MR will answer my letters and run a photo of the little engine with an accompanying caption, that’s all I am looking for. This engine doesn’t belong in a museum, but it sure looks sweet on my mantle! Thanks to Alex for helping me out and posting the photos. Thanks to all the positive people who truly wanted to help; the others help us understand the “lone wolf” mentality developing in the hobby. Special Thanks to Keith for selling me the loco in the first place and then taking the time to further write and help explain the pedigree of the engine. This has all been a nice diversion and a great rehash of some old history.
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