Marty Fitzhenry posted:The real Freedom Train was 2101. It sits rusting away OUTSIDE at the Baltimore museum. That is almost as sad as GG-1 #4800 rusting away OUTSIDE at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
As sad as it seems nobody has the money to restore those engines, at least restore them cosmetically would take thousands of dollars. The GG-1 will stay as a piece of history because it would need too much work to restore it to service, too many issues with the electrical systems on the GG-1's, and the frame is rusty as well. I think the PA Railroad museum has a GG-1 inside or was it an E-8?
There at least 2 Reading T-1's that are still serviceable and one is in use near Jim Thorpe(one owned by Andy Mueller) PA.
Lee Fritz
