Dear All,

The 'Argentina' Rescue Fund has been setup to raise the £10000
required to move Ing.L.D.Porta's very first locomotive, 4-8-
0 'Argentina' to safe storage in Buenos Aires. Currently the
locomotive is prey to thieves in the north-west Argentine city of
Tucumán.

The fund has a webpage at: http://www.martynbane.co.uk/argentina.htm
The page contains more information on the fund, the locomotive and
links to related articles etc.

Additionally the webpage and attached documents are available in
Spanish at http://www.martynbane.co.uk/argentinaesp.htm and German
at http://www.martynbane.co.uk/argentinade.htm French will be
available soon.

The rescue of the locomotive is the first stage of a plan to
return 'Argentina' to service as a demonstrator of Porta's
technology.

Please forward this mail to anyone you know who you think might be
interested wherever in the world they may be. I will, of course,
welcome suggestions on how to spread the word.

Many thanks,

Martyn Bane

argentina@martynbane.co.uk
www.martynbane.co.uk/argentina.htm

Thanks Martyn Bane for heading up the effort to save and hopefully restore Dantes engine. I had the honor of working with Dante from 1980-1987 as we persued the American Coal Enterprises effort to create a new generation of coal fired locomotive. He was an exceptional human being and spent his entire adult life dedicated to promoting railroading in general and steam in particular.
I would urge all who can afford it, to make a generous contribution to the fund - as a small thank you to a man who devoted his life to improving steam! I know that his widow and son will be most appreciative to see this piece of his history saved and restored!
Thank you, Ross Rowland