Operation Toy Train has announced the disposition of six pieces of equipment from its collection, all to good homes!

GP9 #1268 (ex-Northern Pacific #317) and FA-1 #7375 (ex-Spokane, Portland & Seattle #860A/Long Island power car #606) have been acquired by Klarr Locomotive Industries (KLIX) and are headed for eventual restoration and static display at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum near Spokane, WA. You might recall KLIX's recent restoration of a Great Northern GP9 that was well-publicized on this forum.

Speaking of Great Northern GP9s, GP9 #1267 (ex-Great Northern #718) has been acquired by DeAndre Walters, a locomotive electrician for Metro-North and a volunteer at the Adirondack Railroad in Utica, NY. He's already acquired most of the required parts to get it running again, and Adirondack will be using it on their trains from Utica to Lake Tupper.

Three ex-C&NW boxcars (#32707, #32717, and #32751) have been acquired by the Tioga Transportation Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is affiliated with the Stourbridge Line, where the cars are currently stored. They will be returned to active maintenance-of-way service after over a decade of being used for stationary storage.

The full press release is available at https://www.operationtoytrain.org/s/OperationToyTrain_2021-02-01_Dispositions_PressRelease.pdf.

Now for the important part:

We are trying to find homes for the ex-Long Island P72 coach #2939 and the ex-CN/GTW observation car/medical car/rules instruction car Wabascon Lake. Note that both have some severe cosmetic issues - the P72 needs a new floor and the CN/GTW car needs a new roof (and a bunch of other problems fixed related to not having a solid roof for the past decade), and we are looking for someone to take them "as is, where is." If you are interested in more info on these cars, email me at rgarbely@operationtoytrain.org and we'll try to work out getting these into the hands of someone that will show them a little love.

Great work Rudy!

I couldn't find anything about the GN GP-9 here, and it isn't on the Inland Northwest Rail Museum roster. There is something about Klarr being involved with two ex-Rio Grande units, an SD40-2T and a GP-30, in Utah.

Now I can't find the info either..... weird. There's some info here on Trainorders: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/ ... ?1,5091508

Now I remember, it was posted on AOTT facebook this last summer, it is in Big Sky Blue already.