Throwing yet another Green Log on the Fire ... 
| October 02, 2009 12:22AM |
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Hello, youse guys -
A sample of the Real McCoy (actual D&RGW official 'Dark Olive Green Boiler
Jacket Paint') has been unearthed and is now in the hands of reputable rail-
roaders and highly respected producers of model railroad rolling stock, etc.
The debate is hereby narrowed to determining WHICH locomotives were adorned with this lovely material (and when), as the exact color - purchased by the D&RGW fromCormac Komac (a Denver-based paint company) - has now been determined!!
- Russo de los Locos Viejos y Verdes
HINT: Check out the D&SNG Museum in Durango*, wherein resides a living example of a locomotive painted with this color ...
* In Durango, in Durango -
Whar them Spaniards did Fandango,
In Durango, in Durango -
Whar the Sun goes down at Noon!!
p.s. Please see [ngdiscussion.net]
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/10/2010 09:00PM by Russo Loco.
A sample of the Real McCoy (actual D&RGW official 'Dark Olive Green Boiler
Jacket Paint') has been unearthed and is now in the hands of reputable rail-
roaders and highly respected producers of model railroad rolling stock, etc.
The debate is hereby narrowed to determining WHICH locomotives were adorned with this lovely material (and when), as the exact color - purchased by the D&RGW from
- Russo de los Locos Viejos y Verdes
HINT: Check out the D&SNG Museum in Durango*, wherein resides a living example of a locomotive painted with this color ...
* In Durango, in Durango -
Whar them Spaniards did Fandango,
In Durango, in Durango -
Whar the Sun goes down at Noon!!
p.s. Please see [ngdiscussion.net]
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/10/2010 09:00PM by Russo Loco.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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