Shotgun7
Service Attendant
A few weeks ago I started volunteering at a museum down in Miami, which offers train rides on various equipment from cabooses, to refurbed Budd Heritage cars, to flat steel Metra commuter cars. The last engine they purchased to provide a decent amount of operational locomotives was a terribly old F7 from Maine that's in despicable condition and in no way will run anytime soon. There's a possibility that we may go searching for another locomotive soon (that was, or had similar units that served on Florida railroads).
I'd really like to be able to put a retired Amtrak F40PH into the collection and was wandering if anybody here has any advice on where I could find one. We don't need it to be in great shape, we just need the wheels to spin and the engine to run. One of the engines we operate is an 80 year old NASA Alco S2, so that should give everybody an idea of how little the condition of the locomotive matters.
To Alan: I know, thread is probably in the way wrong category, but it does sort of have to do with Amtrak, and I really want a decent amount of people to be able to see it just incase somebody has an idea
Thanks alot,
Paul
I'd really like to be able to put a retired Amtrak F40PH into the collection and was wandering if anybody here has any advice on where I could find one. We don't need it to be in great shape, we just need the wheels to spin and the engine to run. One of the engines we operate is an 80 year old NASA Alco S2, so that should give everybody an idea of how little the condition of the locomotive matters.
To Alan: I know, thread is probably in the way wrong category, but it does sort of have to do with Amtrak, and I really want a decent amount of people to be able to see it just incase somebody has an idea
Thanks alot,
Paul
