Re: D&RGW 04990, almost done!
| August 27, 2019 02:23PM |
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Brent Wrote:
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>...Perhaps a good
> side view photograph of the caboose in Boulder, CO
> would help...
This is the closest I could find to a straight-on side shot before the fire (Feb 24, 2002):
You may need to click on the file to open the whole image and see all three windows. Unfortunately, I didn't quite get the whole caboose in the shot.
This one is after the reconstruction (Nov 27, 2009), and only partial, but the main body side windows should still be accurate. The framing mostly survived the fire, and I still had dimensions from rebuilding the window sashes a few years earlier. If someone can take a good site shot at CRM, that should help for the side window sizes and placement. The siding may not be exactly the same, and the cupola was completely rebuilt after fire and wasn't quite exactly like the original.
I'd offer to take a new photo at CRM, but while it used to be about a 20 mile drive, I'm now more than 3,000 miles away, so it isn't very convenient.
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>...Perhaps a good
> side view photograph of the caboose in Boulder, CO
> would help...
This is the closest I could find to a straight-on side shot before the fire (Feb 24, 2002):
You may need to click on the file to open the whole image and see all three windows. Unfortunately, I didn't quite get the whole caboose in the shot.
This one is after the reconstruction (Nov 27, 2009), and only partial, but the main body side windows should still be accurate. The framing mostly survived the fire, and I still had dimensions from rebuilding the window sashes a few years earlier. If someone can take a good site shot at CRM, that should help for the side window sizes and placement. The siding may not be exactly the same, and the cupola was completely rebuilt after fire and wasn't quite exactly like the original.
I'd offer to take a new photo at CRM, but while it used to be about a 20 mile drive, I'm now more than 3,000 miles away, so it isn't very convenient.
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