Union Pacific Locomotive #119 and Central Pacific Locomotive #60 ...

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tray the Service be abla to..feagg
what the replicasyill cost As to obtain bids based on
and' coastruotloa drawings of the• eq^i^ment It wants
PROCBPUBB: Construction Drawings and Bids
I believe there is only one sound way to proceed frm this poisfc
toward building replicas of the two loeoisotives. Uhe Service anist
produce wsr&tag or eonstrmction drawinga of the two locoiaotives and
their tenders -srhich can be seat to prospective bidders, obtain bids
froia t33esi caa t2ie bssig of the drawings and this report* &a4 only tfttea
we taow what the replicas will cost. W& ovn view in this is
sap|!orted by timt of Mr* John H. White, Jr., of tlie Saithsoniajj
Institution! Mr. Gerald Best of the BeUjggjI and Locomotive Historical
Society, and by Mr, Bud ffiirlbut and Dick B&gZoy, 53iis is the only
way the Service caa control tlie product and Indicate in some dst&il
just what is wanted as to fora and standard, and it is tfas only basis
on which a mamrfaetttrer can tell precisely what is to be built and
bid accordingly.
The next step ahead for t3as Service, therefore, Is to obtain
construction dryings of the two locomotives. Uiis will have to be
done on a contract basis with a locomotits draftsiaan. Fortunately,
I have been able to locate a qoalified person tkrough the assistaace
of Mr. John White of t&e Sjaitbsonian Institution. He is Mr. Keith
Bticbssan^ P. 0. Box 217, iteisterdasi, Ohio ^3903. Mr. Buchaiiatt has
done loeaaotivs and railroad equipment drafting for Mr- White and