J 611 posted:To add another troubling layer to this whole fiasco; there has allegedly been a theft of around $100,000 dollars worth of parts from the 1309 project...this project is in trouble
There's actually a facebook page that claims to "expose" the 1309 project. I highly suggest searching for it, very interesting to read. According to the page, one time somebody got stuck inside the locomotive (forget where, but according to the page it was a place that if he knew what he was doing he shouldn't have gotten stuck) and the fire department was called, requesting the jaws of life. Supposedly, had the fire department not said forget it, a critical component would have been cut. Luckily, the guy wasn't on the heavier side and was able to get out after some effort. If there's any truth to this the project is absolutely in trouble.
