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Scratch a Collector, Find a Museum

By Gerry Lestz

We went to visit Ted Worrall at Loma, Montana to see his collection of engine books and catalogs, and learned a lot about his library and about a new farm museum in which he is interested.

It seems you can travel 11 miles on Route 87 north of Loma, and see nothing on mailboxes except the name of Worrall. Ted and his family members own all but one small patch in an 11 mile stretch.

Ted, a chatty veteran of the Pacific in World War II, has nine four drawer filing cabinets chockfull of magazines, catalogs, books and other data on both steam and gas engines. We were pleased to note some Stemgas, IMA and GEM material in the collection, which began in October, 1927. He also had three closets stacked full.

Our visit with Ted and his wife Florence started at lunch in Olma. My wife, Margaret, is a native Montanan and we drove from the home of her brother Joh...

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