Current Pix of 917 in Bellville

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And more dignity yet?may be lost when the 'improvised' (read: 'home made')?tender is added. I don't know how it will be lettered, but I'd rather it not be 'N&W'?if the engine isn't going to look right.

This dramatizes the conundrum of?wishing?to preserve old RR equipment and being able to afford it.

Ted Goodman

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Yeah, the only thing holding it together is the black paint.
Tom Cosgrove

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On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Dave Stephenson wrote:
  


Found these two photos of 917 in process of reconstruction at its new location in Bellville.
    


Well, at least the engine is out of the scrapyard. Two questions:

Was the cab really in that location? It looks to be too far forward on
the boiler.

How many 55-gallon drums of black paint went through the industrial-size
paint sprayer?

Well, three questions -- would the guy who did this have come out ahead
financially if he just had someone build a sheetmetal and plywood look-alike
steam engine?  I see no dignity in the "preservation" of that N&W engine.

Bruce in Blacksburg
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