I'm curious to how much jewelry is still on the engine besides the bell? With no fence, I'm amazed it still has the bell. (is the bell original?)
I'd be first and foremost concerned about a fence. And it needs to be high and difficult to cut. And an alarm system installed on the fence.
Would the city pay for this?
After that, since it's just you and a few ghosts, do what pait work you can. Lighting it up, as said above, is a good idea. Not only inside the cab, but lights shining from the rafters of the shed onto the engine at night. This not only for the appearance, but for added security. People do steal anything they can carry away. Most especially if it's made of brass, or has value to collectors who like to buy stolen stuff.
Is the locomotive pretty much safe from water as it is stored?
Is the lagging still under the jacket? If it is, and if water can get in there, the locomotive is slowly decaying into iron oxide. If it's dry in there, the decay will be slower.
Best scenario is to remove the jacket and the lagging. Assuming it is asbestos, this requires men in space suits to come in $1,000,000 trucks to remove it in the same way you probabloy would, and they charge you way too much. The city needs to handle this, but if you bring that A word up, they might think it's better to have a scrapper come and get the whole thing.
So hope the loco stays dry and you don't need to worry about such things. Take care of that roof that's above it!!
That's all I can come up with. Hope it helps.
Security and maintenance.
Mark D.
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