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    Quilt raffle to benefit # 905 (4-6-2) restoration

    Hello, I am president of a group restoring a 4-6-2 in Duncan, Oklahoma. Our historian has made a queen size Rock Island quilt and is raffling it off with all proceeds going to help the 905 restoration. The ticket is being picked on December and the quilt should be to the winner before...
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    Save the 905

    Free volunteers et. al. Our boiler sheeting, which will soon be gone with the asbestos, is also so thin, you can polk a hole in it with your finger. This cover or sheeting probably was only 16 to 18 guage to begin with. Add rust and 50 years and it's gone. The asbestos surveyer actually forgot...
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    Save the 905

    905 Restoration - from the project president I appreciate you and the posting of our project on your forum. It was a matter of restore the locomotive or our city would get rid of it. The holes and leaking asbestos cost them too much money and the liability was too great. I could spend a lot...
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