At its present home in Wishram, Washington:http://www.railimages.com/gallery/jimfitzgerald/aft

I got as good a look as you can get with that shelter and fence surrounding her before 700/4449 showed up for the recent NRHS convention trip. Look good, from what the steam folks there with SP&S 700's crew told me, she's not a good candidate for running.

In person, this locomotive is as hard to see as in the photo. Once again, the question arises about what is the best way to preserve a steam locomotive. This shelter does preserve the engine, but prevents the public from appreciating it. And we all know what happens when a loco is "appreciated" too much... vandalism, stolen parts, and the good-old reliable label it gets, "eyesore". This particular shelter is a good job, done for a locomotive, when the rest of the town of Wishram struck me as struggling. I could be wrong on my guess, but I'm happy they identified this, and the nearby Lewis and Clark memorial marker, as worthy of preservation.

In person, this locomotive is as hard to see as in the photo. Once again, the question arises about what is the best way to preserve a steam locomotive. This shelter does preserve the engine, but prevents the public from appreciating it. And we all know what happens when a loco is "appreciated" too much... vandalism, stolen parts, and the good-old reliable label it gets, "eyesore". This particular shelter is a good job, done for a locomotive, when the rest of the town of Wishram struck me as struggling. I could be wrong on my guess, but I'm happy they identified this, and the nearby Lewis and Clark memorial marker, as worthy of preservation.

You noticed that too, huh? Yeah, I found it odd that the shelter for 2507 appears to be the best made structure in the whole town!