The results of the paint removal process exceeded our wildest expectations. The sponge media completely removed all of the paint from the locomotive and tender, leaving behind a clean surface perfectly profiled for new paint.

Other than the obvious areas of damage caused by exposure to the elements, No. 460 proved to be in remarkably good shape—the exterior boiler surfaces covered in plasticized paint during asbestos abatement activities earlier in the decade had suffered no additional damage from exposure to the elements.

The locomotive proved to be liberally covered in casting numbers and other markings long obscured by many layers of paint, among them the original timing marks punched into the crosshead guides on both sides of the locomotive.

If the engine is in that great of shape, maybe they could think of going beyond a cosmetic restoration.............. one can dream.

if you restore this high-drivered loco, where does she run? About the only places that would offer justice for the light pulling power and high speed capabilities would be the Atlantic City line and maybe the LIRR and Northeast Corridor.

That might be a matter for a sit-down discussion with the FRA. Their issue with steam does not appear to be operating speed. So it's a matter of finding an operator with the necessary speedrail. Again, Michigan may be a haven: among its diversity of lines is a very smooth 100mph line, Porter to K'zoo, vastly underused.

Oh yeah, why not just completely bastardize every historic preserved locomotive so that nobody knows how they were originally built and operated. Some of these locos need to be stuffed, mounted and treated as the important historical artifacts that they are, not rebuilt with modern techniques and retrofitted with new technology that will obliterate much of the original fabric of the locomotive.

The 1361 has already been screwed up enough so that it can no longer can be considered an historic artifact, now some want to screw up the last existing E6 Atlantic. Why not put your time and effort into reassembling one of the multitudes of already torn apart steam locomotives instead of creating yet another torn apart locomotive.

Grow up!