New museum?

Mikechoochoo · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:10 pm **Posts:** 237

Does anyone know who this R. I. group advertising on Rail Swap is and what is the "priceless locomotive".
http://www.railswap.org/cgi-bin/classif ... =retrieval[url][/url]

Howard P. · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2005 1:38 pm

And asking for "investors" in a not-for profit museum? Sounds odd to me, especially considering the R.I. railroad environment.

HP

pe462 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:10 pm

I found a connection between this museum and one Peter E. Bouley, who seems to have written several books, which appear to be geared towards the live steam community. The books appear to be self-published.

Does anyone know this person?

The book titles I found are:

Buyers Guide: Things to look for before you buy used steam equipment

Maintenance Manual - Topics include: Before Operating, Firing your Boiler, Operating, After Operating, Cleanout and Storage, Water Treatment, Glossary of terms.

Guide to Restoring Steam Equipment

How to Build a Vertical Firetube Boiler

How to Build a Locomotive/Traction Boiler

True Story of the Restoration of the E. P. Ripley. The story of the restoration of the Disneyland locomotive, as told by Benson Mountain - the company that did the work). Contains actual color photos of work in progress.

Boiler Operator Course. This course assumes a person knows nothing about operating a boiler or any related equipment. It covers a detailed glossary of terminology, explains construction of various types of firetube and watertube boilers, pumps, valves, burners, etc.. It has homework questions which you can email or mail to us and we will correct and send it back to you. There will be a final exam sent to you that we ask you to take without the use of any books or materials. We will issue you a Satisfactory Completion Certificate at completion of the course. You have one year to complete from the day your course is mailed to you. This course has been given to over 1000 people who are licensed now and working in various capacities in power plants or back yard railroads. There is a section on hand firing using wood and/or coal. There is also a section on recommended starting and operating procedures for steam traction and railroad equipment. This is a well rounded course and worth the cost.

survivingworldsteam · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:22 pm

My understanding is that former Fiji Sugar 0-6-0 #21 "Anne Elizabeth", Hudswell Clarke 1664/1936 is at Bensen Mountain in Pascoag, RI, USA. I don't know anything about the museum group; but I would guess that is the locomotive they are refering to. It is 2ft in gauge.

His books seem to be centered around the Bensen Mountain operation; so I would guess it is one and the same.

-James Hefner
Hebrews 10:20a

Surviving World Steam Project

pe462 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:33 pm

Yes, it appears that he is also involved with the Benson Mountain Co., which apparently does boiler work, and with Train_Rite Services, which does training about steam operations.

Also found the following on another list:

Quote:

Gentlemen & Ladies involved with steam cars:
I am an experienced Boilermaker and am available to design/build/or repair your steam car boilers. I am currently one of the Directors of a registered Non-Profit Museum called the BLACKSTAR Museum. We are located in Pascoag, RI and our telephone is: 401-567-9000. We are involved with the restoration of all sorts of steam powered equipment, including steam boats, locomotives, automotive, stationary and othes. We have a steam powered forklift that was made prior to 1900 and we also have several steam locomotives and tractors. We are available to consider any boiler, engine or other restoration question that you may have and we would consider providing complete restoration services for steam cars, trucks, wagons, etc.. As we are a non-profit museum, involved with education of trade school students, our fees are about 50% less than anyone else on the planet. We also will take steam related equipment in trade to offset a project and we gladly accept donations of steam equipment and will give you a bonafide donation receipt so that you can take it off your income taxes, etc..

I have been involved with restoration of steam equipment for over 30 years and most of the directors of the museum have at least 10 years of experience.

Looking forward to working with anyone who wants a quality job.

Happy New Year.

Peter E. Bouley, President/Director of BLACKSTAR Museum
train_riteservices@toast.net or 401- 567-9000 (answering machine will say TRAIN_RITE SERVICES)

superheater · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm **Posts:** 2606

I saw that post too. What's odd about the project is they are looking for "investors" but state that the group is not for profit. If they are 501c3, the requirements of 501c3 specifically preclude "prohibited inurement" which is returning profits to individual investors.

If they are not not for profit, they are making an interstate solicitation of an investment and usually such a solicitation requires registration and approval of the SEC.

Howard P. · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:06 pm

Should be easy enough to pull the group's IRS 990 and see if they really are a 501(c)3 outfit. GuideStar is the site. And, no listing for either of the names-- Blackstar Museum or TrainRite. Perhaps I mistyped the entries....

Was Benson Mtn. involved with the work done on MEC 2-8-0 501 at North Conway?

christensenge · **Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:50 pm

Hi James,

The last I heard, the "Anne Elizabeth" is operational at Edaville RR, although I understand that Benson Mountain did some work on her.

Best Regards,
Glenn

Ed Kelley · **Posted:** Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:40 am

Yes, the Hudswell "Anne Elizabeth" has been in operation at Edaville for the past 5 years or so. I just saw her last month, and she put on quite a show. Was formerly Lindley Bothwell's in the Los Angeles area, anybody know if his other locomotives are still in the estate?