What are the plans for her? Another RS3, 8223 was hauling passenger excursions, but what now?
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The railroad contracted someone to make necessary repairs to return 8255 to operation. I have been assisting and the mechanical work was completed in June 2023. There are some electrical issues to sort out and the locomotive needs new batteries before it can return to active service.
In my opinion, the locomotive needs a more substantial teardown and rebuilding effort before I would consider it "fully or mostly repaired". The amount of wear/rust in the water system gives me pause on whether or not the locomotive will be put back into service, only to have another major failure in short order.
-Justin
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