Former NYC, CR U25B

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Roberto Alaniz	General	Nice catch!	4/12/2012 12:05:40 AM

George Sillett	General	Great catch, These idiots who own the locomotives could have at least tarped them untill restortation!...My temper is boiling at this site... :(	4/12/2012 12:40:31 AM

Stu Nicholson	General	George..... Trains Magazine did an excellent editorial several years ago about there being too many well-intentioned, but under-funded rail museums. We've got one or two of them here in Ohio, including one close to where I live. They are generally run by (again) well-intentioned rail fans who think these are just a bigger version of the model railroad in their basement. When the reality hit them that these are huge and expensive machines to just do the upkeep, much less map them operable, we wind up with derelicts like these sitting on a forlorn siding and rusting away. You should send these photos to Trains.	4/12/2012 9:48:35 AM

George Sillett	General	Can't they at least affort tarps for these engines? That way they are somewhat protected untill restoration. I happen to be a member of a group like Stu Described. We are based in Cleveland. We are called Midwest Railway Preservation Society. We are gradually getting better though. We just got our roundhouse off the condemmed list, and its now open to see at our open house. Work on the 4070 is continuing, though very slow.	4/12/2012 1:51:35 PM

Andy Stallard	General	Now I'm not saying anyone here is right or wrong. However, if they are landlocked they are pretty much doomed. There is no way to move something like a road unit by any means but rail. Depending on if the engine is blow, generator is damaged, traction motors, worn wheels, etc, restoring something like that is at least a $100,000 affair starting. A cosmetic restoration would be nice but if no one can access it to see it, that also would be a waste of money. I will agree it is sad to see engine sit and rust.	4/22/2012 2:16:32 AM

Former NYC, CR U25B
Date: 3/25/2012	Location: Glenmont, NY	Views: 1006	Collection Of: Selkirk Sub Rail Photography
			Author: Selkirk Sub Rail Photography

Picture Categories: Roster		This picture is part of album: Abandoned NYC Locomotives

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