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Larry,

Seems like there is a crying need for substitute whistles, bells and gages for display locomotives. On 433 I worked with the folks by photographing and printing out the gage faces which were installed in look-alike metal housings. Perhaps wooden whistle replicas and bells could be created by talented wood-workers. Your concerns are real, of course, but just letting them sit there awaiting the thieves seems unwise.

Also, Abingdon recognized the value of 433 by having a proper steel framed shed erected along with a heavy ductile iron fence and lighting for protection against the elements and the unsavory. Saltville did similar with No. 11 etc. Likewise, Elizabethton with their fireless. Surely No. 7 deserves the same.

Respectfully,

Mike Pierry, Jr.

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> On Aug 17, 2016, at 2:28 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> I tried not to give all those details as railfans are the people who steel the jewels
> From locomotives the whistle alone is worth about 2500.00 Minimum now we have just inform more of them as to it whereabouts . With an Internet search 
> These posts tell all.  I tried a few,year ago to let me but up a fake one on it sell the original for money towards some restoration work. Because it a fact it will get stolen sooner than latter.
> 
> Larry Evans 
> 
> "There's the sun, there's the moon, there's the air we breathe, and
> there's the Rolling Stones"  Keith Richards
> 
>> On Aug 17, 2016, at 6:56 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Roger, Larry,
>> 
>> Your posts gave us a destination for today.
>> 
>> We hustled up to Bluefield, WV so I could get a current image of No. 7 with two caveats in mind: 1. A clean shot without the chain link fence, and 2. A record before the vandalism gets underway. 
>> What is most surprising is to see a whistle and a bell still in place.
>> 
>> Following shooting the 2-8-0 and its train we then drove into the adjacent (in Bluefield, VA) Lotito City Park to check out its NW caboose and 24" track layout used by their train ride.
>> 
>> Photos from there to follow.
>> 
>> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>> 
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