The 1218 is heading to IRM!

Frank Hicks · **Posted:** Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:00 pm

No, really! You read it here first... well, actually, here:

http://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/farewell-to-an-old-friend-well-miss-you/

(Ducks flying projectiles...)

David H. Hamley · **Joined:** Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:07 pm **Posts:** 705

Oh, THAT 1218.....

Bet you got a lot of heart rates up......

Congrats to IRM and some other sentiment for Cleveland's interest in history.

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:19 pm

In some countries, that's grounds for execution.

psa188 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:55 pm

Ha ha ha.

That's like the "614 on Long Island" post I did back in 1998.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 224&nseq=1

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

yea, I thought they were going to keep a small part of the collection for their own history, IRM however will get a treasure, believe me it will be in the right place.

I think I have a recording here of one of those cars on a 33 1/3 rpm record here.

Gary Gray · **Posted:** Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:36 pm

Frank, are you intentionally trying to increase the foam level over at "Train-Oders"?

Jdelhaye · **Posted:** Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:55 pm

"Heading to"???
Frank, by the time you had posted this, 1218 had already been at IRM for more than a day!

Jeff

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:21 am

Is the 1218 going to be painted green?

etalcos · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:44 am

Budget? Time frame???

ETA

Randall Hicks · **Joined:** Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:44 am **Posts:** 154

There's one born every minute. And for our next headline: "4449 to be scrapped!!!"

Jdelhaye · **Posted:** Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:26 pm

etalcos wrote:

Budget? Time frame???

ETA

Time Frame? It got there Tuesday.
Jeff

o anderson · **Posted:** Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:43 am

I hope that shrink warp comes off the car soon. I saw several cars "preserved" this way at the Ohio Railway Museum, only to help seal their sad fate to accelerated moisture decay inside their greenhouse/cocoon.