I was at another historical site, not NPS, and the young lady giving the tour was telling people that a certain locomotive came from the 'Ohio and Baltimore' Museum. After the tour, I politely and quietly tried to correct her. She insisted that she was only following the 'script', prepared by one of the park historians. So perhaps some misinformation merely comes from on high, and comes down to the staff giving the tours. To be fair, the young lady had just graduated high school and was on a summer job; not in a position to question her training.

I had a similar experience years ago. Back during the Carter years IRM had guided tours, the tour guides all young people paid for by the CETA program. I was working in one of the carbarns and, listening to the tour progressing, it was obvious that the guide was working from cue cards, and had skipped one. The tour, a couple of families, were either not paying attention, being polite, or had figured out they were getting the info about what they saw at the last stop of the tour. I too waited 'til the tour was over, then quietly pointed out to the girl that all the cars have numbers painted on their sides, and she should make sure the card she was reading had the matching number.

I can attest to that. On a ride many years ago when my oldest was about 4 years old we sat in a coach and even before we left, my son just touched the window with his head, not the latches, and the window came down on his hands. Luckily he was not badly hurt but if the window had been higher or he had only one finger on the bottom sill, it may have been a different story.

Brill Renitent trolley window posts are sprung bronze that hold the windows up by friction. With window glass they work fine but safety glass is too heavy to stay up. Lexan is light enough that it works again.

MP54 MU cars have one structural post in three. On some cars the nonstructural posts had rusted at their bases and were loose. This was not in a museum setting, but in revenue service. I learned to put my elbow on the sill with the forearm vertical, forming a pocket between my thumb and fingers to catch the window when it fell.

Phil Mulligan

I do not remember where but when we boarded the windows were open and there were half in square sticks holding the widows open. We were asked if the widow was to be closed to please ask the car attendant to close the window.
Al

Here's the full update/agreement:

https://lwvrhs.org/lwv-3713-closing-statement/

Let's hope it helps lead to the eventual rebirth of this beautiful locomotive.

Talk about patience being a virtue !!!

Ross Rowland