2156 and 2050 restoration

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I have been reading posts on this restoration thread for a while now. Lynn  
has pretty much nailed a point and someone else also made a point about a 
wreck  and the equipment needed along with the right track. That all being 
said one  only has to look to the left side of our country! The UP's steam 
program as far  as I understand it from what I have read (IE no actual 
experience!) looks like  the blueprint for any large steam operation. Let's face 
facts here "Only" a  large corporation like UP and hopefully NS can fully 
shoulder the immense cost  and logistics needed to fully make these huge engines 
run! No club or museum  could even consider putting a BigBoy back in service 
let alone a Challenger and  another Loco at the same time let alone any one 
of them. That's why UP has a  "STEAM OPERATIONS DEPT" with a real budget!
 
The one fact that cannot be denied is that without the love labor and  
financial support of countless clubs museums and smalltown USA's out there  
"NONE" of these huge engines would even exist! They would have met the scrappers 
 torch decades ago!
 
I hope and pray and donate to one day see 611 under steam again! I missed  
her last time! I will not make that mistake again!
Ray Russell Sr.
Modeling the N & W Pocahontas Division circa 1958 in HO
 
 
In a message dated 12/20/2013 7:20:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

 
This is the kind of engine that would run better  on mainline excursions 
than the shorter IRM runs. If anything happens it  should need stronger 
operational support if it can happen. The success of 765,  611, 1218, restoring 
2050 would need to match that.
 
cheers
 
-Lynn-

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