-=> Quoting Ml:nicolae Ceausescu@dss to Wurlitzer <=-
 MC> Let's see, what I remember liking the most, was the Big Boy, of
 MC> course. :> That was my first introduction to the behemoth. Wasn't there
I heard (this is probably rumor) that some railroad or historical society
was thinking about restoring a Big Boy... I haven't heard anything about it,
though.
 MC> also a 50s car that was crushed so tightly that it could fit in a
 MC> moderate size moving box? I also remember a Pullman you were allowed to
 MC> clime aboard. Or maybe it was just a luxury streetcar? I'll have to
I don't remember the car.  But they have several Pullman-type coaches open
for people to go into and look at.
 MC> revisit. When I was last there, the building was in a state of rapid
 MC> decay. You could see the crumbling bricks near the roofline. I think
 MC> that if the museum can't afford the repairs, the city should step in
 MC> since it was built in 1901 and is the former trolley electric station
 MC> and thus has a great deal of city history.
When I left Denver, it was still the same.  Unfortunately, the city of Denver
refuses to recognize Forney Museum as an actual museum.  Instead, Denver views
it as a private enterprise, and will not step in to help with repairs.
The only revenues the museum gets are from museum admission and donations, and
from the few dollars they are able to squeeze from the Platte Valley Trolley.
Forney received a $500 grant from the state historical society a few years
ago, but that was all the public help they received.
The museum needs in excess of $50,000 in repairs to the roof and structures.
If they can't get it, they will eventually have to close the building and
sell off their entire collection.
Wurly.
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