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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The ownership issue is being researched by myself and others, including a reporter for the Topeka newspaper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far, I have learned that no record exists that shows transfer of ownership from the ATSF to the city of Topeka.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The general justification for giving away the locomotive was that it was rotting away to nothing, and the Minneapolis group would restore it to operating condition.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The “rotting away” charge was an uninformed exaggeration based only on the need for paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the plans of the Minneapolis group will change almost every last detail of the locomotive, so it will bear only the most basic fundamental resemblance to the original. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Minneapolis group went to Topeka and spent a week repainting the engine, and it made a “night and day” improvement in the appearance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the minor exception of a few disassembled details, the engine now looks perfectly presentable as a static display.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is sitting in a display setting on a dedicated piece of property for that purpose where it has sat since 1956.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot believe that the people of Topeka would not be willing to contribute to general upkeep and painting as a continued display of this treasured icon of the age of steam and the city’s heritage intertwined with the AT&SF Ry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some tasteful fencing, and perhaps a canopy would make bring the display up to the highest standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is a fair amount of backlash developing among the people of Topeka as they learn about giving this locomotive away without asking the citizens first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And a lot of people are not buying the lame excuse for giving the engine away.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span></span></p>
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