Mid-Continent Railway Museum must also foot the bill for relocating Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2 anywhere in the continental U.S.
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/02/13-saginaw-timber-wins
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
What a crazy dispute, with huge implication for the folks at mcrm.
Sounds like the Mid-Continent folks were playing fast and loose in their 'attempts' to comply with agreements they participated in and then tried to hide behind the lack of a 'warrenty' for a near 100 year old steam locomotive. Too many lawyers spoils the steam engine.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACD Sounds like the Mid-Continent folks were playing fast and loose in their 'attempts' to comply with agreements they participated in and then tried to hide behind the lack of a 'warrenty' for a near 100 year old steam locomotive. Too many lawyers spoils the steam engine.
It certainly seems as if the MCRM is "going to learn a pretty expensive lesson!"...
Reading between the lines, it sounds as if there was a clash of Intramural Ego's, spiced with a little "...My Lawyer Can Whip Your Lawyer..." Too many Hobbiest Clubs and in particuLAR, Rail Road and Rail Fan organizations are caught up in tangles of ego's and intellectual positions { That may be an Oxy-Moron??} that disolve in a struggle for control and ultimately, bring down the whole organization... I really hate that, the MCRM has a really good record and was a great place to visit, in the past.
samfp1943 BaltACD Sounds like the Mid-Continent folks were playing fast and loose in their 'attempts' to comply with agreements they participated in and then tried to hide behind the lack of a 'warrenty' for a near 100 year old steam locomotive. Too many lawyers spoils the steam engine. It certainly seems as if the MCRM is "going to learn a pretty expensive lesson!"... Reading between the lines, it sounds as if there was a clash of Intramural Ego's, spiced with a little "...My Lawyer Can Whip Your Lawyer..." Too many Hobbiest Clubs and in particuLAR, Rail Road and Rail Fan organizations are caught up in tangles of ego's and intellectual positions { That may be an Oxy-Moron??} that disolve in a struggle for control and ultimately, bring down the whole organization... I really hate that, the MCRM has a really good record and was a great place to visit, in the past. + 1
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Makes you wonder if anyone will be eager to give the engine a home. Even if the museum was 100% at fault - that engine has the stink of legal action on her.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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I think most that know something about the story behind this, aren't going to hold it against the owner of the locomotive. The museum's current management really missed the ball on this one and it's going to hurt them far more than it does the locomotive's owner.
I want to make the same point I made on the RPYN website. It's fairly useless to bloviate about who is at fault or whatever in this situation without knowing the underlying facts. Rather than speculating about this, does anyone have a copy of the arbitration award that can be posted for all to see and draw their own conclusions? I've been an arbitrator in other railroad disputes and the awards in these cases didn't leave any doubt of the arbitrators' reasons for a particular outcome.
As a life member of MCRM it pains me that things came to this. In the end I think things were settied as they should have been. It's a shame as MCRM has it's mandate of a period when only steam was available and they blew the chance to bring steam back in 2016. My best wishes to Skip and engine #2 n the future.
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