matt fisher
New Member
hi everybody
it was about 4years ago that i was in old sacramento watching them move a southern pacific f7a black widow still in primer brown , it looked like almost rust but it was n't it's still there today along with f7 b sp black widow unit or it might be for the rotary plow they have 2 there . but while i was in old sacramento i over heard the guys talkingabout the cab forward saying in may 2007 that they would move it to the shops , so they could put another exhibt in it place and someone elese told me that they could'nt because something was broken , what ever is broken can be fix today with technology and all the origanl steam era machine still inthe sp sac shops and the help from doyle mckormick i think it could be brought back to life wouldnt that great to see it pulling the dayligth over donner pass ,but you still have to keep in mind about how many years its been sitting in the museum , but look at daylight it to was sitting in park some people thought it could'nt be moved , but they did. so tell me what you think ,should someone start a fundraiser and a pation to get that thing back to opperatioanal status?
matt
it was about 4years ago that i was in old sacramento watching them move a southern pacific f7a black widow still in primer brown , it looked like almost rust but it was n't it's still there today along with f7 b sp black widow unit or it might be for the rotary plow they have 2 there . but while i was in old sacramento i over heard the guys talkingabout the cab forward saying in may 2007 that they would move it to the shops , so they could put another exhibt in it place and someone elese told me that they could'nt because something was broken , what ever is broken can be fix today with technology and all the origanl steam era machine still inthe sp sac shops and the help from doyle mckormick i think it could be brought back to life wouldnt that great to see it pulling the dayligth over donner pass ,but you still have to keep in mind about how many years its been sitting in the museum , but look at daylight it to was sitting in park some people thought it could'nt be moved , but they did. so tell me what you think ,should someone start a fundraiser and a pation to get that thing back to opperatioanal status?
matt