Unfortunatly Mr. Vopasek's excellent steam oriented course was eliminated in 2000 as the school decided it needed to "modernize" its course offerrings. Seemed like a strange decision to me as there was a waiting list of companies wanting to hire Mr. Vopaseks graduates (he achieved a 100% hire rate the last 5 years of his course) all of whom got great jobs in the power generating industry.
We were blessed to have a number of them volunteer during our Port Jervis program using C&O614 and they were all very dedicated students of steam.
Mr. Vopasek is a fellow part time loco. engineer on the NH&I and is now a power plant supervisor for PSE&G and making somewhere around 3 times the salary he was paid as a teacher!!
I'd bet the hire rate for the kids now graduating through the "modernized" program doesn't come close to 100%!
Ain't progress great!!!
Ross Rowland

I'm confused by the thread and various responses. Who does own this locomotive? An individual, the county, the college, or another company?

Thanks,

Matt

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We are all confused, Matt - that's what this thread is about. Probably a fine legal battle could be waged between competing claims after all this static.

dave

If I recall corectly I believe that the Title to the loco. was signed over from the school to a small non-profit that Mr. Vopasek formed??? To the best of my knowledge it remains there today?
I'll be seeing Frank soon at a 614 loco. crew reunion and I'll ask him and post here.
Ross Rowland