PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2068 PRINTER'S NO. 2261
No. 219 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BELARDI, CAWLEY, STABACK, SERAFINI, BATTISTO, DERMODY, SHANER, PETRONE, DALLY, SCRIMENTI, RAMOS, ORIE, DeWEESE, MELIO, READSHAW, GIGLIOTTI, DEMPSEY, COY, BEBKO- JONES, LAUGHLIN, FICHTER, CORRIGAN, COSTA, HORSEY, WALKO, KIRKLAND, HENNESSEY, WOJNAROSKI, B. SMITH, MAJOR, TIGUE, HARHAI, CAPPABIANCA, JAMES, MUNDY, ROBERTS, M. COHEN, HERSHEY, MARSICO, GEIST, PISTELLA, GRUCELA, SEYFERT, HALUSKA AND BENNINGHOFF, JUNE 16, 1999
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Commissioners COUNTY COUNCIL of the County of <--
2 Saint Louis, Missouri, to release the Delaware, Lackawanna &
3 Western Railroad's 4-4-0 Camelback Steam Engine No. 952 for
4 its return to the Steamtown National Historic Site in
5 Scranton, Pennsylvania.
6 WHEREAS, On Christmas Eve, 1911 the Delaware, Lackawanna &
7 Western (DL&W) Railroad's 4-4-0 Camelback Steam Engine No. 952
8 was the only engine on the first train to use the Lackawanna
9 Cut-Off on a run from Hoboken, New Jersey, to Scranton,
10 Pennsylvania; and
11 WHEREAS, In 1938 Steam Engine No. 952, the only surviving
12 DL&W Railroad steam camelback passenger locomotive, was donated
13 to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society (R&LHS) by the
14 management of DL&W Railroad, which recognized its historical
15 significance; and
16 WHEREAS, Until 1953, Steam Engine No. 952 was operated from,
1 maintained at and stored in the DL&W Railroad Roundhouse in 2 Scranton, Pennsylvania; and 3 WHEREAS, Steam Engine No. 952 was later loaned by the R&LHS 4 to the developer of the National Museum of Transport in the City 5 of Saint Louis, Missouri, who subsequently sold the site and 6 equipment to the County of Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1979, 7 without the knowledge, notification or consent of the R&LHS; and 8 WHEREAS, The developer of The National Museum of Transport 9 failed to comply with the conditions under which the loan was 10 made by the R&LHS and DL&W Railroad management; and 11 WHEREAS, The Commissioners COUNTY COUNCIL of Saint Louis <-- 12 County have HAS steadfastly refused to release Steam Engine No. <-- 13 952 to its owners for return to DL&W Railroad territory; and 14 WHEREAS, The R&LHS, on May 30, 1996, voted to consider 15 transferring ownership of Steam Engine No. 952 to any museum or 16 group that would: 17 (1) protect it against further deterioration; 18 (2) restore and conserve it for at least static display; 19 and 20 (3) exhibit it, at least on a loan basis, in the 21 territory where it was operated by the DL&W Railroad; 22 and 23 WHEREAS, Steam Engine No. 952 is the only DL&W Railroad 24 engine that was maintained in its original configuration 25 following the railroad's decision to use electric equipment; and 26 WHEREAS, The DL&W Railroad Roundhouse in Scranton, 27 Pennsylvania, which has now been transformed into Steamtown 28 National Historic Site with the facilities to store Steam Engine 29 No. 952 under cover, restore it, make it operational and make it 30 available for use by various historic rail preservation groups 19990H0219R2261 - 2 -
1 in its home territory, including New Jersey, New York and 2 Pennsylvania, would be the most appropriate location to which 3 Steam Engine No. 952 should be returned; therefore be it 4 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly 5 memorialize the Commissioners COUNTY COUNCIL of the County of <-- 6 Saint Louis, Missouri, to expedite the prompt release of the 7 DL&W Railroad's 4-4-0 Camelback Steam Engine No. 952 to its 8 rightful owner, the R&LHS, for its return to DL&W Railroad 9 territory; and be it further 10 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to 11 the Commissioners COUNTY COUNCIL of the County of Saint Louis, <-- 12 Missouri, and to the presiding officers of the Legislature and 13 the Governor of the State of Missouri. F7L82RZ/19990H0219R2261 - 3 -