[modeleng] Re: Sacramento Railway Museum
- From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 10:02:07 -0500
We 'Murricans also have a lot of very nice equipment, including a UP Big Boy
at the St. Louis Museum of Transport. Acres of locomotives, but
unfortunately they don't have the shekels to cover it all over so a big lot
of stuff sits out in the open. There is a three cylinder 0-8-0 Switcher
with Gresley (sp?)valve gear. Oldest loco (I think)is an 1855 William Mason
4-4-0 American under a shed roof. Very nice lot of stuff to look at so plan
to spend a whole day.
Jesse in summat chilly and windy W. Tennessee
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Sacramento Railway Museum
I went to it a few years ago, and was very disappointed. Seemed to be
aimed very much at schoolkids and 'interpratation' as the buzz word is.
I'd count it as the worst railway museum I've found in the US. Much better
are the B&O in Baltimore, the PRR in Strasbourg and even the Railroad
Historical Associiation SE chapter in Duluth, Ga. The San Diego County
isn't too bad but is somewhat inaccessible - they say it's at Forest Gate
Road on SR94. They DON'T tell you that's 55 miles fromSan Diego!
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