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There is a train show coming up at the 819 shops about April 5th in this year.I hope to be able to learn more about 819.The previous poster is correct, there is UP rails all around and no friendly rails to run that engine on. An option will be to dead tow that engine as a peice of freight to friendly rails and then run.Last year, she has quite some work left to do I dont think she will be running any time soon. The museum replaced part of thier shop roof last year which cost many thousands of dollars that I hear in hearsay.If I dont make it to the show this year I will probably hear from other locals who do get there. This is not a engine you can just climb aboard and run anywhere you want to. There is so much that needs to be done, not just to the engine but also to the crew that will (If ever) operate her.Yes the 819 is looking pretty good and yes there are people still living who remember her back in revenue service and yes she is in the same shop that built her in the wartime years. But UP and other problems prevent her from having a chance of running again.When she did run years ago, it was a brute and a fine one at that.
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