Curious...I assume the 2016 is the unit's Army number, if the COT&S still shows it was from the Army depot. I say "curious" because 2000-2049 was originally the numbering range for the Army's SW8's that were delivered in 51. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that they evidently recycled the range, but I suppose it's odd to me because I'm familiar with three preserved SW8's from that range (and know of at least 2 more).

But now I'm babbling on, so I shall simply add that this is a rather sad-looking collection...the chapter is seriously just one guy?

This very well may be an SW-8. It looked alot like an SW-1 to me but I didn't investigate much with a 2-6-2 steamer to look at.

The chapter is seriously one guy or at least one thats active in any way. The guy won't return phone calls or messages from anybody and seems content to let his toy rot until he dies.

Which unfortunately isn't uncommon here in KY which is why our rail preservation (except for #152) sucks.

Bummer...And what happens to all this equipmentt after he dies?

(Also, quickest way to determine if it's an SW1 or not is if it had that protrusion below the grill on the end of the hood. See [link=http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=290146]here[/url], versus an SW8 [link=http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=78602&nseq=13]here[/link].)

Bah, here's the links again, since it seems to have messed them up. >.>
http://www.railpictures.net/viewpho......php?id=290146 <--SW1
http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=78602 <--SW8

It's definately an SW-8 then. Noted and corrected above, thanks for the info.

I imagine after the guy dies he may have it set up where everything transfers over to the Kentucky Railway Museum since he was attemping to start and move things there.

If not then after he dies and somebody with the city of Paris notices its still sitting there I'm hoping they give it to someone.

No prob. Strange that so many of this one particular run should be preserved...I mean, it's not like there's any thing super-remarkable about them (other than that they were shipped to Korea for some time), there's just a lot of them still out and about (or just out, in this case).

Here's hoping something good happens to these pieces in the near future...