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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by piccolotess So there I am driving and I swerve off the road into a parking lot next to my Reading locomotive that I'm buying.....except of course it's the big one.....maybe there were different locomotives that looked the same back then but I know for a fact that it looks very very very much like the miniature one I'm buying....same color scheme....#900 on the front above the reading lines logo....4 little round windows on the side.....it was so beautiful!!!! Okay, sad at the same time....when I walked to the other side I realized that the walling was missing and that they had taken black wood and bolted it to the side and painted it black and put the green stripe down the side. [/quote] If you are dissapointed in how it was kept up, form a group along the lines of "Freinds of the Reading #900" and approach the owner. (Which given that it is on public display might be the city, with a plan to maintain and restore its cosmetic appearance. And if you are successful in getting donations and funds, possibly you can restore the loco to operating condition and take it out on excursions. Maybe pulling those authentic Reading coaches which started this whol down the rabit hole adventure. Its not so far fetched. This website http://www.f40phr231.org/ Documents the efforts of a a 23 year old kid in preserving his favorite locomotive after it was due to be headed for dire scrapes in the scrap heap. I see no reason, that if you are so moved, you could orgainze a group to take care of RDG #900.
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