Re: [CBQ] CB&Q E8A available!

[Bob Webber <rgz17@comcast.net>]

The odds are quite good that this is one locomotive of the bunch that 
will be saved. (though I can't believe the Louie RS would go)  I 
would be shocked if it were scrapped, the only reason would be that 
it is so far gone as to be irredeemable.  The locomotive has been 
rebuilt and HEPed, so it is a bit modified, but not so much that a 
competent shop couldn't retro it cosmetically.   St. Louis has a very 
nicely restored Q E unit (and of course, SILVER CHARGER) so they 
still have some taste...

At 07:58 PM 3/30/2009, you wrote:


>Ex-Q E8A blt 1954 & last operated by MARC as their #66 in 2002, is 1 
>of many pcs of equipment being disposed of by the St. Louis 
>Transportation Museum (many of us toured there the yr of the Annual 
>Meet in St. Louis)
>
>It's still in BN green/white just with MARC 66 on nose & rear flank 
>(within the striping).
>
>The museum prefers any & all of the equipment (steam locos, business 
>cars, cabooses, etc) go to a museum but are considering a number of 
>options (thinning their holdings AND facing reality of an economy 
>that will not permit them to give even minimal care to some of their 
>rolling stock).  This is the only Burlington item.
>
>Email me for link to the disposal listing.
>Gerald
>

Bob Webber 

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