Buying a steamer

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Seth Johnson
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Location: Viola,Illnois,USA

Buying a steamer

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About how much would it cost to buy a , lets a 25nc thats in restorable condition?
I seen some pictures them sitting around look as if there great condition.
like these:
http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa ... l_j_dc.JPG
http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa ... _dj_dk.JPG
and it seems that 3450 is going down hill fast too:
http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/sa ... _dj_dk.JPG
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Dylan Knott
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Re: Buying a steamer

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Scrap metal is about R4 a Kilogram or R4000 per ton. Reckon about R900 000.00 but depends on market conditions at the time.
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Seth Johnson
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Re: Buying a steamer

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Wow that not too much thats $125,000.00 US. In the US it would some were around $500000 or R3.6 million to buy a Stem Locomotive
if had the money i would try to buy one
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