Bob,
Go to IRM's on line store to donate to any of their funds, individual
cars, locomotives or the general fund.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
On Aug 10, 2010, at 6:56 PM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Havelock Baggage Car lettering & Q lettering diagrams
> Posted by: "Bob Webber" cz17@comcast.net rsgrzw
> Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:12 am (PDT)
>
>
>
> Adding to Charlie's request - I'll be more than happy to digitalize
> such drawings (even if they DO get to 20'). Anything up to 3' x 30
> or more feet is fine. This applies to these drawings as well as any
> other that the BRHS, IRM, and manuf. reps can access for the good of
> modelers and restoration.
>
> Along with that, I'll add more. The Pullman Library at the Illinois
> Railway Museum recently purchased a Havelock Baggage car (993). This
> car will be used to house a wide variety of documentation and drawing
> (much of the documentation will be test results from Budd, freight
> car correspondence files, and other such). The car is in the process
> of being fully restored to its Burlington appearance. It is
> possible, that this car will be in the shadow lined scheme. A lot
> depends on available information, and, of course, funds. Help is
> needed to bring this car back - it has corrosion issues, and some
> structural issues.
> The 993 photo Album:
> http://www.irm.org/gallery/album205
>
> As long as we are talking baggage cars here....there is an ongoing
> fund raising effort for the purchase and maintenance of the
> OLYMPUS. The hope there is that it might become a common headend car
> on the train of the Goddesses at IRM. I think most of us on this
> list have seen the OLYMPUS in photos and consists. It had a lot of
> assignments and was heavily used. There is a fund raising effort to
> bring it "home". This is a unique opportunity to bring a Zephyr car
> home.
>
> Here is OLMPUS's photo album :
> http://www.irm.org/gallery/album237
>
> I'll be honest - attempting to find ANYTHING in IRM's Byzantine web
> site requires far more skill than I have. I know there are
> locations to donate for both cars, but haven't found it - perhaps
> Phil can help?
>
> Gee... you think that might be the reason for things not being funded?
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