The City of Port Arthur, Texas has sold their park display locomotive, Louisiana & Arkansas No. 503 for scrap. That fact was not learned until it had already been sold, and now a bunch of railfans/modelers/railroaders etc. are getting together and pooling our money to purchase the locomotive and move it to someplace safe.
The danger is real as the scrapper has about 3 weeks to remove the locomotive from the property so we are all scrambling to come up with a solution. More information is available at the link below. We raised over $6,000 since last night from everyday people like you and me who could throw from $20 to 50 or more toward the effort. Could you also help us out on this?
I don't know about you, but I don't want to see more photos of steam locomotive scrappings taken on this continent.
Help Save the 503
Original Post
