[RITSlist] Coach #319 "Narcissus"

[D & E Hutchins]

Tom, for some reason I couldn't open any of the attachments.  From your 
description it does seem to have possibilities.  Has there been any 
changes made at all to the car sine it was RI owned?  Is it railworthy 
so that it can be moved by rail, or will it need to be trucked to 
wherever it goes?
Dick Hutchins

On Apr 3, 2007, at 5:52 PM, Tom Stoffer wrote:

> Last summer my family visited the Kate Shelley museum in Moingona,
> Iowa. They have Rock Island coach #319 there as well, and we were
> allowed to go inside and look around upon request. The gentleman who
> gave us the tour mentioned that the Boone County Historical Society
> really doesn't have the funds to maintain it, let alone restore it. At
> the time didn't inquire more about the coach's future. They used to
> use the coach to show a video about Kate Shelley, but do not anymore
> because they cannot air condition it, and it is rather "oven like" in
> the summer.  The coach has also been apparently used for target
> practice by pellet gun owner. Some of the windows were broken with no
> apparent attempts at repair.
>
> To get to the point, does anyone else have better knowledge of the
> condition of #319 since summer of 2006? And does anyone know if the
> Boone County Historical Society would want to give #319 a better home
> in the interest of saving the coach instead of slow death due to lack
> of funds? IF the BCHS would want someone else to assume the proper
> care and feeding of #319, I think it would be great if we (RITS) could
> acquire the the coach. What do the rest of you think?
>
> If anyone would like to photos I took of the coach last summer, email
> me off the list and I will share them with you. One of my photos was
> on the RITS website, but I can't open it up for some reason. Can
> anyone else open it?
>
> Tom Stoffer
>
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