If I remember correctly the Bill Benson of R.O.W. was also involved in brokering the deal to sell the D&H Alco PAs to Mexico and helped Ross Rowland do a quick rebuild of Reading T1 2101 in a Baltimore scrapyard to become the 1976 Freedom Train engine on the East coast. Later I believe Benson got in trouble with the govt. and was facing some jail time. Then again maybe it was a different Bill Benson.................
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