Matt -
I took a shop tour at Steamtown last month. The ranger said that the Canadian
engines were built to last 50 years versus 25-30 years for American engines of
the same era. This means lower restoration and maintenance costs today.
However, there are three engines, all of them American I think, currently being
rebuilt in the shop. Hopefully at least one of them will go into service in
Steamtown. I think the others are contracted to other railroads.
Akavar
----- Original Message ----
From: Matthew Born <mborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 09:27:49
Subject: [OM] Re: Steamtown
It really isn't that bad -- around $20 million per, as I recall
reading somewhere not too long ago. There are debatable National
Parks, of course, though as a railfan I'd never count Steamtown as
one of them. I would, however, not be adverse to a few more American
locos among all those Canadian-built beasts. I mean, it is, after
all, a US National Park. There are loads of things for which I'd like
to see our government quit writing checks, but the parks in general
aren't on that list.
Matthew Born
On Jan 19, 2006, at 9:50 PM, Listar wrote:
> Steamtown (afaik) is still a Federal Park, and as you can imagine, a
> HUGE money pit. I love it, but it's got to cost a fortune to keep open
> and maintain.
> ___________________________________
> John Hermanson
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