GPS IIR-1

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Locomotive No. 2732

Locomotive No. 2732 is a Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha class steam engine with maximum speed of 70 miles per hour. Built in 1943 at the Alco Plant in New York by American Locomotive Works. It was one of 90 Class K-4, 2-8-4 Kanawhas the C&O purchased between 1943 and 1947. Crews nicknamed 2-8-4s The Big Mikes. Then they were replaced. 12 were given away in 1957.

The railroad stored No. 2732 in West Virginia before donating it to the city of Richmond. It moved to the Robin Hood Road location December 17, 1960, to the former visitor center at Hermitage and Robin Hood Road. I was there when it was placed as an exhibit. I was 10 years old. The city didn't maintain it. Rust enveloped it.


It moved to Science Museum of Virginia on Saturday, April 26, 2003. The 210-ton, almost 57-foot engine was placed on an 80-wheel, self-propelled carriage that moved at comfortable walking pace for a 1.5 mile route south on Hermitage, right onto Leigh and left onto DMV Drive before turning right onto Museum property and being lowered to its new track.


The 210-ton locomotive and tender moved from the former visitor center at Hermitage and Robin Hood roads to the Science Museum of Virginia on Saturday, April 26, 2003. It had not been painted in the decade since and likely had not had proper maintenance and rust prevention since before it was decommissioned in 1960, according to Alex Reut of New Roots Historic Restoration LLC, the company tasked with the $99,000 restoration.

Money In Politics

Truth In Advertising:

When the FTC finds a case of fraud perpetrated on consumers, the agency files actions in federal district court for immediate and permanent orders to stop scams; prevent fraudsters from perpetrating scams in the future; freeze their assets; and get compensation for victims.

Regulation of campaign advertising:

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of raised the legal limits of hard money that could be raised for any candidate, and set limits on what funds could be spent on election broadcasts, but it did not mandate verifiability in political campaign advertising. As of this time, there is no pending legislation addressing this issue.

Political television commercials can say anything without being regulated for truth.

Television time is expensive but effective. This year over $10 billion will be spent on advertising. Where do politicians get the money? Prohibit the advertising and it will lessen the need for money.