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ASME Central Region Vice-president Dr. Howard
Conlon welcomes celebrants to the dedication.
About
50 members and friends of the ASME and Mid-Continent Railway Museum were on had
for the ceremonies.
ASME’s William DeFotis reviews the
history and significance of the Landmark program.
This
permanent bronze plaque was presented by ASME to the Mid-Continent Railway
Museum to be appropriately displayed and designate the Montana-Western #31
railcar as an Historical Mechanical Engineering Landmark.
On
hand for the dedication ceremonies were representatives of ASME and
Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Shown,
left to right, are: William DeFotis,
ASME History & Heritage; Diane Peters, ASME Chicago Section Chair; David
Mattoon, ASME Chicago Section Secretary and MCRM member; Fred Biederman, ASME
Chicago Section History & Heritage Committee Member and MCRM member; Donald
Zweip, ASME Past-president; and Howard Conlon, ASME Central Region
Vice-president.
Descendants
of the inventor, Dr. Herman Lemp: Lisa Lemp Cheney (great-granddaughter), Dr.
Herman Lemp (grandson), and Diana Lemp (great-granddaughter).
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