Steam locomotive No. 39 could be lost to LI  Don Fisher,
president of the Railroad Museum of  Don Fisher, president of
the Railroad Museum of Long Island, stands by the historic LIRR
locomotive No. 39 stationed by the museum in Riverhead. (March
29, 2013) (Credit: Randee Daddona)  After 33 years of on-and-off
efforts to restore historic Long Island Rail Road steam
locomotive No. 39 in Riverhead, its owner could be shipping the
engine off to rehabilitation in Pennsylvania.  But if the latest
plan to get the locomotive running gains traction, No. 39
wouldn't return to Long Island for at least 50 years -- if ever.
The Riverhead-based Railroad Museum of Long Island, owner of the
39, officially acknowledged last month that the engine would
probably never run again if it remained here.  MORE: | Free
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Google+  The museum signed an agreement with the Strasburg Rail
Road Co., a historic line in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.  The
contract states that if the muse