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@Strummer posted:

Just read your link; wonder why E&LS is so " tight" with these units...🤔

Mark in Oregon

Tight? Some "railfans" swiped the builder's plates decades ago when they were accessible. The owner made a smart decision and locked them up - if they'd been left out I imagine others would have come along and helped themselves to their horns, perhaps thieves would have removed any copper wiring they could find, gauges and throttle stand parts just waiting to be smashed or damaged by weasels. E&LS isn't a museum, they're a business and quite honestly they don't need folks hanging around/trespassing/swiping things from their equipment. I'm glad those diesels are locked away - out of the elements and not decaying, components safe from grubby hands - they're most likely never going to run again (the only place remotely capable of reviving one or both is SMS out in New Jersey, and given their prime mover damage may not be practical to restore given the scarcity/lack of needed parts), but at least they're physically intact and maybe destined for a museum where they can be cosmetically restored and safely displayed.

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