01-04-2014, 03:04 PM
Here's the story from Kalmbach....
WAUKESHA, Wis. – The readers of Kalmbach's annual Locomotive magazine have spoken. They have chosen the Tri-State Railway Historical Society's Lackawanna-painted F3 No. 663 as the "must see" diesel locomotive to receive a $1,000 grant from Locomotive and Kalmbach. The locomotive's supporters came through with 402 nominations.
As announced in Locomotive 2013, Tri-State will receive a donation of $1,000 toward the care of No. 663, and the 1948-vintage EMD F3 will be featured in the next issue of Locomotive. The organization, part of the National Railway Historical Society, will use the money has part of $5,000 project to restore the locomotive's compressor.
"There were many miracles that helped the F3s along, the same miracles that every successful project seems to attract," says Mike Del Vecchio, group president, chief mechanical officer, and F3 project leader. "But as everyone who has ever tried to preserve railway equipment knows, saving and restoring the piece is less than half the battle. Maintaining it for future generations is considerably more work and expense
WAUKESHA, Wis. – The readers of Kalmbach's annual Locomotive magazine have spoken. They have chosen the Tri-State Railway Historical Society's Lackawanna-painted F3 No. 663 as the "must see" diesel locomotive to receive a $1,000 grant from Locomotive and Kalmbach. The locomotive's supporters came through with 402 nominations.
As announced in Locomotive 2013, Tri-State will receive a donation of $1,000 toward the care of No. 663, and the 1948-vintage EMD F3 will be featured in the next issue of Locomotive. The organization, part of the National Railway Historical Society, will use the money has part of $5,000 project to restore the locomotive's compressor.
"There were many miracles that helped the F3s along, the same miracles that every successful project seems to attract," says Mike Del Vecchio, group president, chief mechanical officer, and F3 project leader. "But as everyone who has ever tried to preserve railway equipment knows, saving and restoring the piece is less than half the battle. Maintaining it for future generations is considerably more work and expense
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