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Title: New Obsession
Post by: gunnss on March 07, 2006, 03:39:46 AM

Yeah, I havent been around much.
I am now involved in the restoration of a 1944 wartime prime mover......

She is 121 feet long, and weighs in at 500 tons fully loaded.  our best estimate is another 4 to 6 years depending on money..

http://www.nmrhs.org/

Gunns

ps more photos here....
http://www.railimages.com/gallery/kevinevans

Gunns

Title: New Obsession
Post by: gofaster on March 07, 2006, 07:38:45 AM

wow, cool pics!  I'm glad to see a locomotive and complement going to a museum.  Too many times old trains are smeltered and recycled because they are seen as just another piece of commercial heavy equipment, instead of an example of industrial technology.

Title: New Obsession
Post by: Nilsen on March 07, 2006, 08:06:47 AM

nice gunnss :)

will it be restored to working order, or will it just be a static display type train?

Title: New Obsession
Post by: gunnss on March 07, 2006, 08:10:05 AM

Actually we are restoring it for opperation, were going to run 4+ excursions a year.  BTW the nick name for the 2900s was "The War Babies" and they could haul 159 loaded freight cars or 30 heavy weight pulmans.  Want to guess how many  Aircraft She hauled to California for the Pacfic theater?
Gunns

Title: New Obsession
Post by: Nilsen on March 07, 2006, 08:19:52 AM

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Originally posted by gunnss
Want to guess how many  Aircraft She hauled to California for the Pacfic theater?
Gunns

782?

Title: New Obsession
Post by: mandingo on March 07, 2006, 08:30:30 AM

I have said that the only thing cooler than WW2 planes is quite possibly steam locomotives.

Good luck on your venture.  Maybe you can bring her east sometime!

Title: New Obsession
Post by: gunnss on March 07, 2006, 08:36:28 AM

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Originally posted by mandingo
I have said that the only thing cooler than WW2 planes is quite possibly steam locomotives.

Good luck on your venture.  Maybe you can bring her east sometime!

We would love to, But, the 2900s were the biggest 4-8-4s built, and the Clearances just arn't big enough back East.  

http://www.sbrhs.org/484com.html

(We are the 2926)

Gunns

Title: New Obsession
Post by: mandingo on March 07, 2006, 11:04:09 AM

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Originally posted by gunnss
We would love to, But, the 2900s were the biggest 4-8-4s built, and the Clearances just arn't big enough back East.  

http://www.sbrhs.org/484com.html

(We are the 2926)

Gunns

Ohio is east enough for me. :)

Title: New Obsession
Post by: rpm on March 07, 2006, 11:34:22 AM

Very cool, gunns. The old steam engines are sweet. I watch a lot of the train stuff on RFD-TV. Maybe you can get her featured on there.