This reminds me of a funny story.... A number of years ago my Uncle owned a hotel on Eagle lake (the other Eagle Lake) Anyway, during the winter the town plowed a road across the lake which saved a lot of driving time to go around the lake and was most convienent.
One winter day my uncle happened to look out his window and saw one of the big town plow trucks heading for the lake and the ice road. He hit the ice a a very good clip. Next thing he saw were scores of people running and flinging themselves out of the numerous ice fishing shacks that lined the road followed by water. It seems that big truck, loaded up with sand, depressed the ice and formed a wave in the ice (if you will) that forced the water up through the fishing holes and into the shacks. Needless to say he found it all pretty funny.
Anyway, its all a mute point the State is firm that they will remain where they are. The locomotives are where they should be which is where they worked. To move them would simply strip them of thier context and the very thing that makes them unique. Without that they would become just two more locomotives stuffed and mounted and far removed from thier historical context.
They need paint and a shelter - which is not outrageously expensive or difficult - just need someone to ram rod it. The Bureau is very willing to work with volunteers to get stuff done as witnessed by the recent restoration of a section of the Tramway. Matt LaRoche the current Supervisor is very interested in preserving the history.
