You Want That Loco/Car/etc.? MAKE AN OFFER!

PaulWWoodring · **Posted:** Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:33 am

misterwandle wrote:

"Between the Camelback and 643, won't the roundhouse be at capacity if not already? Are there any plans to add onto it?"

Naw. Whenever we need more room inside the roundhouse to add some new acquisitions, we have found that it's a lot less expensive to just scrap a couple of our long-time display steam locos. Culling the herd keeps the collection "fresh." (Grinning)

Personally, I'd love to see the construction of an additional 26 to 30 stalls (in two stages), making a full-circle roundhouse except for two tracks left open for access. Think big. Be safe.

John B.

It's nowhere near April 1 John ;D. Everyone's a little antsy from being cooped up for months and might take that the wrong way.

Stay well,

Paul

S. Weaver · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:45 pm

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

1) $25,000 from the Reading Railway Museum;
2) Tax write-off offer plus cash to do the restoration from the Friends of the State RR Museum.
3) $50K plus a request to pay the WaltzBurg shop to restore it to operation before the buyer's donation to Steamtown;
4) $100K from the Second Steamtown in another state;
5) $75K from some guy with a roundhouse with a Reading loco inside;
6) $200K from some casino that wants to hang it from the ceiling;
7) $100K from some guy with a big estate with track on it and a covered bridge to run it around during weddings and other events;
8) $250k from some rich lottery winner you know nothing about, to stuff and mount it on his farm;
9) $90K from Jay Leno.

Which offer should they take?

Sandy, quit reading our mail, lol.

Alan Walker · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2020 1:08 pm

Everything has a price. The question is, can you afford it?

WVNorthern · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:15 pm

Words of wisdom from J.P. Morgan

Aaron F · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2020 4:17 pm

WVNorthern wrote:

Words of wisdom from J.P. Morgan

I have to respectfully disagree with this quote. If no one asked for a price, nothing would get done. The railroad I am involved with needed to get some welding done on a car roof. We don't have money coming out the wazoo, but if we never approached a few professional welders for quotes because it would "cost too much", we would have never found one who works with our budget and does quailty work. There's no harm in inquiring, if your request is a serious one. The least that can happen is you don't have enough money. But if you never inquired to begin with, you will never know what you will miss out on.