[RITSlist] The future of RI Caboose 17017

Wed Feb 7 15:16:23 CST 2007

Tom -

  Well, I'd love to see it at our place, but I have been told that UP does not donate to off-line museums.  How about to the Iowa Northern's ex-Rock Island roundhouse at Manley?  Dan Sabin once suggested Manley as the location for a Rock Island museum and perhaps the 17017 is a good way to start!  Plus, IANR is an important connection to the UP so they might actually consider it. 

  Les Beckman (Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum/North Judson, Indiana)

Tom Stoffer <rocketman4 at gmail.com> wrote:
  I just got off of the phone with a representative with Union Pacific
in Cheyenne, WY. He was not forthcoming with a lot of information, but
said it will not fall to the cutters torch and it is in safe hands. He
said the UP still has to many ex-Rock Island folks to let something
like that happen! I asked him if it would end up wearing armour yellow
and gray and he said no. He also said it would not wear bankruptcy
blue & white either and laughed. It sounds like they want to preserve
it but he did not elaborate and then teased me with this...

"It might look good being pulled by steam."

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