[CBQ] Re: Whither the 4000?

["Joe" <mp36er@sbcglobal.net>]

The Friends of the Milwaukee Road 261 folks were "shopping around" for a new 
steamer back in 2009 when the National Railway Museum in Green Bay wanted to 
jack up the 261's lease price beyond reason. I heard that the 4000's caretakers 
did not want to giver her up. Since Green Bay ended up selling the MILW 261 to 
the Friends, they no longer needed to look for another engine.

Joe LeMay

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "jonnyo55" <jonnyo55@...> wrote:
>
> Some time ago, I heard a delicious rumor that S-4a #4000 was in the process 
> of being restored to active duty.  The last time I saw her, probably 3 or 4 
> years ago, she was reposing in her park in LaCrosse, but some parts 
> (headlight comes to mind) were missing and some sort of restoration seemed to 
> be taking place.  Is this wishful thinking on my part, or is there some basis 
> of fact here?  The thought of her galloping up the Mississippi under full 
> steam is enticing, to say the least...
> 
> John O'Connell
>




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