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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I don’t know how much Sandberg has already spent getting #261 operational, but wouldn’t a large engine taken out of a park somewhere probably cost at least a million dollars to put into operation?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are talking $200,000 just to move the CB&Q engine to Minneapolis.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>Given the cost of acquiring another locomotive, why would Sandberg not simply buy #261 for $225,000, put the $500,000-700,000 into the needed boiler work, and run it?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It seems like that would be the lowest cost option.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It would be far less expensive than the lease deal offered by NRM and rejected by Sandberg.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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