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Yes, but I can't directly speak for them.
The colorado railroad museum. They have a substantial collection.

Http://coloradorailroadmuseum.org

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So there are 862 others of this out in the world somewhere?

@nomi I hope you find someone because that is an absolutely beautiful piece of classic machinery!

It's a real long-shot, but there's a blacksmith who puts out stuff on youtube, based out of Montana - Will Stelter - who absolutely adores old, beautiful machines like this. You could try reaching out, if nothing else, it might be a lead to someone else.

https://www.steltermfg.com/about

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Just in case it’s slipped your mind… there’s an awesome museum is Sacramento. They might have some suggestions. It would be a shame to see it scrapped.

https://www.californiarailroad.museum/

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This seems like something you could definitely have gotten a tech company to decorate their lobby with 10-20 years ago and maybe still could today

Not as good as a museum but it would keep it from being scrapped

@nomi I don't know if it's up their alley, but around here there's the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Maybe it's worth a query to them?

https://orhf.org/contact/

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State railroad museum in Sacramento passed?

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Hey @csilverman, need a model for your art?

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Where is the press located?

If it's in the #sfba, perhaps it might be of interest to the Niles Canyon Railway?

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This is a pretty low budget, punk museum, that focuses more with hobo culture than the industrial aspect of rail culture, but as a last ditch, who knows they may be interested and they have a lot of space. Also, a very cool place to visit if you're headed up I-5 past Mount Shasta/Weed area in Northern California.

https://www.bbcrc.org/

@nomi Lots of good suggestions already. Here's two more:

The Nevada Northern in Ely Nevada runs trains and has an engine shop (steam).

Farther away but better funded is the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Ohio.

@nomi Three rail museums I'd check with are:

1) Northern Nevada Railway in Ely. They have a full operational machine shop and maintain their equipment onsite. They probably could use the machine.
https://nnry.com/

2) Laws Railroad Museum, near Bishop, California.
https://www.lawsmuseum.org/

3) Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, Nevada. They have a lot of operating equipment and machine shop as well.
https://www.carsonrailroadmuseum.org/

Hope that helps!

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Maybe contact: National Museum of Industrial History, Bethlehem, PA — https://www.nmih.org/about/

https://mycompanies.fandom.com/wiki/Chambersburg_Engineering_Company — see photos in advertisement

Good luck!

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https://nationalrrmuseum.org

@nomi Fascinating! I was born and raised in Chambersburg. My first IT job (30! years ago) was at T.B. Wood’s Sons, a foundry similar to CECO. The two collaborated heavily during WWII. Both started in the 1800s.

T.B. Wood’s is still a major employer in the area, though Chambersburg has grown explosively in the last few decades, so it’s not quite as influential within the workforce as it once was. Wood’s has its own one-room “museum.”