I vote for the Pennsy 4-6-0. They need a Pennsylvania engine running on The railroad right beside the Pennsylvania Transportation Museum.
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Considering boiler regulations in the mid teens, any restoration of a steam locomotive will be very expensive and time consuming. The shot is rather sad, as the scene looks like a junkyard from the late 1950's.
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You know what they say. If you want to make a small fortune by restoring a steam locomotive.....start with a LARGE fortune. Sadly, I am not making any bets on ever living long enough to do charters with any of these engines. Nice depiction, Mitch. I think the barren, winter landscape pretty much sums up the situation with these girls.
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G5s Class LIRR #39 will likely be the first engine of these three to be restored to operation. Both CP #972 and RDG #1187 would follow - RDG #1187 being more an attraction in that it is not only one of the few Reading engines in existence, but one which ran at Strasburg and also one of the few surviving (let alone operational) Camelback steam locomotives. CP #972 on the other hand would be the one of the two that could pull a regular train the full length of the line. To "vote" for LIRR /PRR #39 - click here.
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