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| Author: | Phil Mulligan [ Fri Feb 16, 2001 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | When a display isn't what it appears to be |
There is a locomotive cab at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago that appears to be that of PRR 1361. PRR 1361 itself still exists and has a cab. This forum and the PRRTHS have both had discussions of which is the real 1361 cab. The explanation follows: "It is no mystery. The PRR cab at MSI was repaired/restored by me several years ago. When I started the project it had no number on it, nor did MSI have any documentation on it's origin save that it was donated by the PRR. I thought that it would be amusing to put the number 1361 on it. The cab cards (inspection reports) in the cab are quite bogus-check out the names of the inspectors, etc.- all guys who worked with me during my days at IRM, again I was just amusing myself." Since nobody knows what number belongs to the cab in Chicago, any number will do, but why not add to the display an explanation that the number on the cab is not the real one, why that is the case, and even a reference to the actual 1361 and its current status. |
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