@BZ posted:My wife and I were at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania this past Sunday, 29 Jan. Here is the 3750 sitting outside:
As we were leaving we stopped in the Whistle Stop Shop and I found a postcard showing the 3750 on display inside the museum, in excellent cosmetic appearance. The post card is dated 1998. Does anyone know why they moved it outside? I did a quick Google search but did not find an answer.
It could have been moved outside because something else took it's place. They recently cosmetically restored Atlantic #460 I think 3 years or so ago, 2019. It had been inside some time before that if I recall correctly from the conversation I had outside with one of the staff that year. The only sad part about #460 is that they could only do a cosmetic repair. I forget what exactly is cracked underneath, part of the frame or something else, but it would be a more extensive and costly repair.
They do tend to rotate some things around and there is a plan to build a new roundhouse as well as another building being built next door. I think that the roundhouse was part of a 10 year plan, and the other building would be 15 year plan. The staff member had said that certain things would move to the new building, and some of the engines(pieces as cars may be on that list as well) would come into the roundhouse. I do know when I was there in 2021 they had been doing quite a bit of work on the Mikado L1 #520, and Lionel had been there that October York on Tuesday and Wednesday I believe. I had told Ryan I was there, and was talking to him about the restoration on #520, and he said that they were there forget what time. I had just missed them either way.
