It is currently Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:04 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic This topic is locked, you cannot edit posts or make further replies.  [ 486 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 33  Next
Author Message
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:03 pm 

Joined: Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:17 pm
Posts: 260
Should this locomotive be saved, with the help of this funding drive, then who will become the official owner of the locomotive?


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:19 pm 

Joined: Thu May 06, 2010 10:30 pm
Posts: 980
Location: Bucks County, PA
More information has been made available on Facebook, from "The Royal Palm Railway Experience":

"The Royal Palm team is pleased to offer an opportunity to help save a steam engine in peril of imminent scrapping.

Louisiana & Arkansas 503 is a 1913 built 4-6-0 that is currently in Port Arthur, TX. If saved and restored, the Royal Palm Rail Experience and Orlando & Northwestern Railway is a willing potential host and long term home for the 503.

There is a Go Fund Me page established for Friends of the 503 to cover the immediate conservation and removal needs of the locomotive.

One of the leading questions we get is do you have or have plans for a steam engine?

The Royal Palm/O&NW has agreed to allow the 503 to pull our trains upon its successful salvation and restoration.

The restoration of a steam locomotive is a huge undertaking, and while we are a new company, it is difficult to raise the necessary funds. We are able to contribute labor and resources to this process, and look forward to helping this locomotive live again. Please visit the Friends of the 503 GoFundMe page at the link listed below and read over the details regarding this locomotive. It is an enormous undertaking and a long road, but one we feel is worth helping out.

This opportunity is sort of an answer to that question - but the 503 needs to be saved from scrapping first if it were to run again, anywhere. It would be perfectly suited for operation in the Golden Triangle - small yet powerful enough to pull our modern passenger cars.

We wanted to share this amongst our friends followers in an effort to help save this engine for future generations to understand and enjoy the allure of steam.

Thank you for the consideration and support in seeing the 503 saved."

_________________
Big Jim Video Productions
Morrisville, PA

http://www.bigjimvideo.com/home.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/bigjim4life


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:05 pm 

Joined: Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am
Posts: 1010
Trains magazine Newswire article: Preservationists launch emergency GoFundMe page for Texas steam locomotive

A key section of the article:
Quote:
Time is critical as the contractor is already behind schedule, and equipment is already on site to cut up the engine.

“The only reason the engine is still here is because it rained so hard last week,” independent steam locomotive mechanic Jason Sobczynski told Trains Newswire Saturday. “If it had not been for the rain, it would have already been cut up."


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:08 pm 

Joined: Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:05 pm
Posts: 51
More details are included in this interview:

https://wp.me/p5IPAr-nj

_________________
Nick Ozorak - Host of The Roundhouse

Image


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:26 pm 

Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:21 pm
Posts: 534
Location: Danbury, CT
bigjim4life wrote:
It would be perfectly suited for operation in the Golden Triangle - small yet powerful enough to pull our modern passenger cars.



From one Golden Triangle to another, eh? It would be ironic seeing as the area of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange is called the Golden Triangle as well.

_________________
Randy Patterson
RMNE/NAUG


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:09 am 

Joined: Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:29 pm
Posts: 1899
Location: Youngstown, OH
Over $13,000 raised so far.

_________________
From the desk of Rick Rowlands
inside Conrail caboose 21747


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:23 am 

Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:28 pm
Posts: 545
Location: Northern WV
Does anyone have a recent photo of this engine that they could post?

_________________
Roger Cole


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 2:43 am 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm
Posts: 2367
Donation made.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:57 am 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:26 am
Posts: 4642
Location: Maine
donation made

_________________
"It's only impossible until it's done." -Nelson Mandela


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:49 am 

Joined: Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:05 pm
Posts: 51
WVNorthern wrote:
Does anyone have a recent photo of this engine that they could post?


https://wp.me/p5IPAr-nj

_________________
Nick Ozorak - Host of The Roundhouse

Image


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:16 am 

Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:17 pm
Posts: 321
Location: Houston, TX
Thursday afternoon


Attachments:
IMG_20180215_165008212.jpg
IMG_20180215_165008212.jpg [ 122.2 KiB | Viewed 7485 times ]
IMG_20180215_164911884.jpg
IMG_20180215_164911884.jpg [ 98.77 KiB | Viewed 7485 times ]
IMG_20180215_164901144_HDR.jpg
IMG_20180215_164901144_HDR.jpg [ 133.45 KiB | Viewed 7485 times ]
IMG_20180215_165104465_HDR.jpg
IMG_20180215_165104465_HDR.jpg [ 117.6 KiB | Viewed 7485 times ]
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:25 am 

Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:17 pm
Posts: 321
Location: Houston, TX
For what is is worth, the City of Allen, Texas has been attempting to deal with the owner as well.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:39 am 

Joined: Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:07 pm
Posts: 203
What am I missing here? Supposedly, Port Arthur was led to believe the problem was the presence of asbestos. The most recent photos, posted by elueck, show that the boiler sheeting and asbestos lagging have already been removed. It would appear that the problem has been solved, or there never was a problem in the first place. Who can explain?

Tom


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:52 am 

Joined: Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:19 pm
Posts: 567
Location: Bowie, MD
Tom Davidson wrote:
What am I missing here? Supposedly, Port Arthur was led to believe the problem was the presence of asbestos. The most recent photos, posted by elueck, show that the boiler sheeting and asbestos lagging have already been removed. It would appear that the problem has been solved, or there never was a problem in the first place. Who can explain?

Tom


Jason has broadcast live from his Facebook page the past couple of days. He has commented during the flood, fuel was leaking out of the tender and this was noticed during the post Harvey flood by the state environmental agency, which put a deadline on the city to clean it up, leading to current events. Once the fuel leak was noticed, so was the asbestos.

Jason's live updates have been both entertaining and also very informative; he has walked around the locomotive, pointing out everything from maintenance date markings (axles) to weldments (brake rigging) to weld build up on thin tires and flanges, to high water marks (just below the leading track axle centers). During yesterday's broadcast, he was spray painting outlines to cut out applicances for saving, in case they end up cutting up the locomotive.

Bob


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Trying to save the 503
PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 12:45 pm 

Joined: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:39 am
Posts: 86
Donation made. If you've ever wanted to prove that you're more than an armchair foamer (even with just money), this is the opportunity to do so.


Offline
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic This topic is locked, you cannot edit posts or make further replies.  [ 486 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 33  Next

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


 Who is online

Users browsing this forum: 152696, EJ Berry, Google [Bot], Ryan Williams and 49 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: