Please allow me to clear this up a bit..........
The car was dontated by Mid America Railcar Leasing, and Gateway had nothing to do with the scrapping, accidental or otherwise.
The Olympus, upon further review, was found to be too far gone from the June 2002 wreck of Amtrak train 30 in Silver Spring, MD. All four corners had sustained damage and the car would never look exactly right in the future, no matter how good the work.
The Silver Beaver was deemed to be an adequate replacement, and the powers that be at IRM were given notice before the Olympus was sent to the coach yard in the sky.
Thanks, and we are hopeful that the Silver Beaver will be welcomed at IRM with open arms.
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CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Bryan Howell" <tubaman21@...> wrote:
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> The car that IRM will be getting is WP Silver Beaver. While not Q, it is CZ.
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> Bryan J. Howell
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CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Bryan Howell" <tubaman21@> wrote:
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> > I have received a report that baggage car Olympus was accidentally scrapped at Gateway while waiting to be moved to IRM. Gateway has acknowledged the error and in return is donating another baggage car that was used on the CZ. I do not know for sure which car this will be yet, but I do know Silver Bear is at Gateway, so this could be the car going to IRM. In any case, this car does not have any damage to be repaired like Olympus did, so there is still a 'sliver lining' so to speak for IRM. They really wanted Olympus as it ran with the NZ. I imagine that any donations made to the Olympus fund will be redirected to the ex-CZ car and I can provide donation information as I receive it.
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> > Happy Thanksgiving!
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> > Bryan J. Howell
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