A local property tycoon stepped in at the last minute yesterday to save t= he
> British Engineerium buildings and collection. The Engineerium was due to = be
> auctioned at 10.30 am yesterday, at 10.00am a bid was received that saved
> the museum. Local press reported that "the more than 450 people had come = to
> the auction cheered when they heard that the collection had been saved".
> The purchaser intends to spend =A3500,000 on revamping the museum, which = will
> then open up to the public as usual.
>
> Fred Southwell. nr. Brighton. U.K.
Yer Right! Then he will turn it in to a housing estate and sell the lot of later down the road! there is no money in engine museums only liabilities!!! and any one with half a brain knows that one.