lynne... im with you! there are coal mines here that give tours where you can go underground, i went, got in the lokie and then panicked and got out! lol Too scary for me :)
Again, my mind has been blown. I did'nt think anything could blow me away. This one did the trick. It was the Titanic in 1937. It was the deck chairs, the game room, it was if it was built to specs of a art decko ship with all the emphasis on mental health. Your photography is the best. You make something that can be boring into something live from so many years ago. You are the best my man. My most respects, Johnny Mac, your admirer.
I served many Masses there, as an altar boy in 1952 -1954...It was a special place for me as a young boy. Edward Hannan , Pasadena, Ca. Email: sraheen @earthlink.net
My brother Robert and I attended this school from c.1952 to 1954 ... many memories some sad and some glad.. if anyone who attended this school same time..love to hear from you.
Ed Hannan , Pasadena, Ca. Email: sraheen@earthlink.net
these engines were sold to the scrap yard across the street some time ago for $100 each, since then they have been sold for $500 to a man from venezula, about 2800 of them, which are being moved out of the condemed building and loaded into intermodal shipping containers headed for venezula. these were all used in m35's and taken out for a reconditioning program through am general that fell through. some have dates of the last service on them ranging from 1991 to 1995, from what i could see. none have oil in them and have been sitting in a leaky warehouse since with all the intake and exhaust ports exposed. so they are pretty much junk. they were basically cut out of the trucks with tourches and put on makeshift skids. most of the building has already been torn down by the city to make way for the transpo bus garage. the building is on the corner of sample and prarie in south bend, in. these are neat to look at but are more headache than they are worth to move, sell, store or repair. good luck roberto, maybe he will make his 1.4 million dollar investment back in venezuela...