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Title: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: Papaw on April 19, 2013, 05:09:28 PM

Our town was started due to the railroad coming through. First the Gulf Colorado, that was later bought by Santa Fe. I donated this AT&SF RY (Atcheson, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway) wrench for display in the museum's RR exhibit. It will be placed next to a Santa Fe marked alligator wrench that I had donated several years ago along with a bunch of Santa Fe objects.

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: amertrac on April 19, 2013, 05:51:29 PM

That's pretty. Your a good man Charlie brown

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: john k on April 19, 2013, 09:06:45 PM

2 weeks back I went through Atchison Kansas.  I was in front of the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa-Fe RR museum.   No time to stop, but since it isn't too far, hope to be back that way this summer.   Should I do that, will have camera with me.  Do you suppose they may have a nice pile of RR tools inside?    There were at least 8 pieces of rolling stock clustered around the museum, looked interesting.

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: Papaw on April 19, 2013, 10:10:25 PM

The few RR museums I have been to were very small and usually had only a few tools.

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: Plyerman on April 21, 2013, 06:55:48 AM

Very good of you Pawpaw.

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on April 21, 2013, 07:19:06 AM

I am fortunate to have some large RR museums within a few hours drive. Here is the closest. Their loco and car shops run on old RR tools.

www.irm.org (http://www.irm.org)

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on April 21, 2013, 07:25:07 AM

Here is another great one, it is about 3 hours from Cedarburg.

www.midcontinent.org (http://www.midcontinent.org)

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on April 21, 2013, 07:33:40 AM

When you are through exploring the two rail museums listed above, there are lots more. They are everywhere. Papaw, it says here that Texas has 11.

www.railmuseums.com/namerica/

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: Papaw on April 21, 2013, 08:56:52 AM

I am aware of several here, and have visited some. I usually find them light on tools.

Title: Re: Tools- A wrench donated to our local museum
Post by: Wrenchmensch on May 20, 2013, 04:26:52 PM

I live just down 896 from the Railroad Museum at Strasburg, PA.  They don't seem to be into Railroad "smalls" just locomotives, Buddliners, and passenger cars. I used to ride the Boston & Maine Buddliners through the Hoosac Tunnel, going from Troy, NY to Greenfield MA.