Restoring C&O 1309 (2-6-6-2)

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Restoring C&O 1309 (2-6-6-2)

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Some of you may find this interesting.

https://www.wmsr.com/restoring-1309/

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Several pages of armchair entertainment discussion have been devoted to this project at the Railway Preservation News forum.

The preservation of the locomotive is currently suspended.

RYPN URL: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40615

Trains magazine report here: http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... -17-update

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I would caution critics regarding this project. Undertaking the complete restoration of a steam locomotive is some of the most difficult work you can undertake. Funding is critical and having knowledgeable project managers on site is as much a part as funding.
If you're a C&O fan, find out how you can help, otherwise stand back and allow this to play out. It's daunting enough, even when everything goes well.
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Would be much cheaper if we still had the infrastructure for such a project still in this country. We sure have tons of ruins of what it used to be like. Wish I had a time machine.


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WJH wrote:Would be much cheaper if we still had the infrastructure for such a project still in this country. We sure have tons of ruins of what it used to be like. Wish I had a time machine.
Think Union Pacific in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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NP317 wrote:
WJH wrote:Would be much cheaper if we still had the infrastructure for such a project still in this country. We sure have tons of ruins of what it used to be like. Wish I had a time machine.
Think Union Pacific in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Think Strasburg RR in PA. They do amazing work on their own equipment, and for other RR's too. They make the UP look like amateurs.
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WJH wrote:Would be much cheaper if we still had the infrastructure for such a project still in this country. We sure have tons of ruins of what it used to be like. Wish I had a time machine.


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Actually, Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum was able to obtain some US-made machine tools from Europe that were made for steam locomotive maintenance. These had been provided by the US after WW2 to help rebuild European RRs following the war. So these “repatriated” machine tools represent a recovery of capability that was lost when U.S. railroads dieselized, and scrapped their steam infrastructure.
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