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Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009
ST. LOUIS - The Museum of Transportation in St. Louis has announced plans to sell or give away some locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses from its collection. The artifacts, all in somewhat deteriorated condition, are considered surplus to the collection.
The artifacts include:
• Porter-built fireless 0-4-0, U.S. Navy No. 7
• A tender to a Great Northern Baldwin steam locomotive
• MARC 66, an ex-Chicago, Burlington & Quincy E8 diesel
• NMOT 2918, formerly Wabash GP35 No. 547.
• U.S. Army 1844, a Fairbanks-Morse H12-44
• M&St.L RS1 546
• U.S. Army 150-hp, GE-built switch engine 7765
• FDS (Italian State Railway) Class E550 electric No. E550.025, a Westinghouse-built engine that runs on 3,000-volt 3-phase A.C.
Several passenger cars, cabooses, and a PCC streetcar are also available.
Interested parties should contact the museum through its Web site, http://transportmuseumassociation.org/.
BulletBob
ST. LOUIS - The Museum of Transportation in St. Louis has announced plans to sell or give away some locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses from its collection. The artifacts, all in somewhat deteriorated condition, are considered surplus to the collection.
The artifacts include:
• Porter-built fireless 0-4-0, U.S. Navy No. 7
• A tender to a Great Northern Baldwin steam locomotive
• MARC 66, an ex-Chicago, Burlington & Quincy E8 diesel
• NMOT 2918, formerly Wabash GP35 No. 547.
• U.S. Army 1844, a Fairbanks-Morse H12-44
• M&St.L RS1 546
• U.S. Army 150-hp, GE-built switch engine 7765
• FDS (Italian State Railway) Class E550 electric No. E550.025, a Westinghouse-built engine that runs on 3,000-volt 3-phase A.C.
Several passenger cars, cabooses, and a PCC streetcar are also available.
Interested parties should contact the museum through its Web site, http://transportmuseumassociation.org/.
BulletBob