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Re: Anybody want to know where one of the LIRR's M1 pairs are? |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Sun Mar 9 11:26:00 2008, in response to Re: Anybody want to know where one of the LIRR's M1 pairs are?, posted by Dutchrailnut on Sun Mar 9 11:18:12 2008. "Not according NY state law governing disposition of assets."Wrong. It's perfectly acceptable. In fact, NYC Transit offered subway cars for free to anyone who paid to get them off the property. Volunteers who can raise enough money to remove the M1s from LIRR property (transportation costs) and then restore them, in return for for the donation of the equipment itself, would be doing the railroad a favor. That, plus the marketing value for the railroad of having cars in the museum. If there were no value in it, the Transit Museum would not exist. "but giving away $20 000 in parts and stainless steel" Parts that can no longer be used on trains and stainless steel that would have been reefed anyway. Do you think the states who got subway cars as reefs paid for them? There is absolutely no conflict with state law or any other regulations. Once the cars are at a museum, however, it is the museum's responsibility to abide by state law when deciding whether to operate the cars or merely have them as a static display. |
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