@PSM posted:Could it be done? Sure, the Brits built a new A1 and are building a new P2 The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and some Pennsy guys are building a new T1 The T1 Trust (prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org) It just requires a boat load of organization, people, and cash. Are there enough NYC guys that would give the time, money, and effort required to organize and build one? I don't know.
I would certainly contribute. I have not contributed to the T1 project, though. I like the T1, but my heart is not in it. A Hudson project I would support wholeheartedly. I'm not sure that it would take off. Americans in general have no pride in, and even less knowledge of, their industrial past, unlike the Brits, who are much more correct in their thinking about such matters. I am no big admirer of the Old Country, but they do have far more pride in themselves. Here, it's just self-loathing.
Anyway, I digress - the Hudsonfest is a nice idea, but I live way too far from there (1600 miles SW of there) to attend.
So - I'll join in by showing my bashed Lionel Mercury 5344:
