Re: (rshsdepot) ISTEA Funding

["James Dent" <james.dent_@_itochu.com>]

The most recent Bulletin featured an article with many pictures about the
renovation and moving of the Whittier, CA depot.  The article was authored
by Mr. Church.

Jim Dent

- ----- Original Message -----
From: William Church <bbjr_@_ix.netcom.com>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: (rshsdepot) ISTEA Funding


> In regards to the ISTEA funding, I can attest to it's impact on depot
> preservation. Here in Whittier, California the former Southern Pacific
> passenger and freight depot sat empty for many years, after it was
> uprooted to make way for a retail center it sat for another 7 years
> until the City of Whittier received an ISTEA grant of $1.2 million,
> after 2-3 applications, for it's renovation. Today, it sits at it's new
> location, with work 85% complete, where it will become home to the
> City's local transit office, an interchange point with the Los Angeles
> MTA bus service, with the freight house becoming available for community
> meetings and presentations.
>
> On a side note to the restoration, the Depot was equiped with a
> Fairbanks No. 8 scale whose under floor mechanism has been damaged and
> whose above floor ballance column is long gone. Fairbanks nolonger has
> any drawings nor catalogs on this model from which to base a
> repair/restoration. Should anyone know of a similar scale please contact
> me with details.
>
> Thank you,
>
> William Church
>
>

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