bob2 posted:Me too. But the history of O Scale is very low on the priorities of museum curators. The Sacramento museum is my favorite, and they have some truly significant early O Scale, and no desire to annotate it.
They could have my Cab Forwards if they promised to annotate and display. But I suspect they would be sold. So I shall have my relatives sell, instead.
Carey Williams posted:
Hello all
Thank you for your kind words ...
Bob sorry the museum does not take a more serious interest in the historic pieces they have ....looks like they have a huge building and a large audience ...based on the online videos .....
Cheers Carey
AlanRail posted:
sorry the museum does not take a more serious interest in the historic pieces they have
i dont think the MSI sold all of the pieces the had. many of the pieces were not put into the auction. like the working steel mill.
there were no steam engines in the auction that i recall either.
I'm thinking he is referring to the Sacramento Museum, I doubt the MSI kept anything and hopefully it was all put up for sale to the highest bidder, a museum which holds a "tent sale" for some members would seem to be a little sketchy. Their curator even sold some of the real steam items. Truly unfortunate they didn't keep the big Santa Fe Northern and refurbish it for display rather than keep the NYC 999.
