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The restoration question raised is a good one. Museum purists say that their exhibits are restored to "original" shape so that people can appreciate and study the technology behind them. (That's why it takes forever to restore exhibits at the National Air and Space museum... the curators try to recreate the exhibited air/space craft from original parts. Or rebuild the original parts.) I think Doyle McCormack has the right idea- it seems his aim is to restore locomotives to running condition, using original technology where possible, but adding modern equipment so that his locomotives can run on main lines to Class I standards. That makes the locomotives "walk like a duck, talk like a duck, and act like a duck". Rebuilding the shell of a GG-1 out of fiberglass and mounting the shell on a more modern electric motor might make it look like a duck, but it's still not a duck... it's a decoy. If I had Doyle's organizational and technical ability I would be happy to own a 6900 class Southern A+B unit set... plus train (I kin dream, cain't I) as well as a Southern Mike for steaming. Erik
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