Re: CATS Employee #2 - Almost in the Movies
| April 17, 2015 07:58PM |
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John Cole Wrote:
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> To change the subject to a happier note,
> how come the tender is marked Rio Grande?
> I thought Rio Grande insisted on removing
> their name from the engines when they sold
> them to the states.
Earl Replied:
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> Relettered for a movie filmed in Oct 1970.
> It was still lettered Rio Grande with the
> wonderful paint in July 1971.
IIRC, the movie was 'Shootout' (also named 'Shoot Out' ), starring Gregory Peck. NOT one of his best, but IMHO at least a little less predictable than a couple of other so-so westerns shot along the narrow gauge. Employee2 spoke a line or two for the movie, but his career ended up on the cutting room floor ...
At least the bright red counterweights from 'The Good Guys and the Bad Guys' were painted black for 'Shootout'.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> To change the subject to a happier note,
> how come the tender is marked Rio Grande?
> I thought Rio Grande insisted on removing
> their name from the engines when they sold
> them to the states.
Earl Replied:
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> Relettered for a movie filmed in Oct 1970.
> It was still lettered Rio Grande with the
> wonderful paint in July 1971.
IIRC, the movie was 'Shootout' (also named 'Shoot Out' ), starring Gregory Peck. NOT one of his best, but IMHO at least a little less predictable than a couple of other so-so westerns shot along the narrow gauge. Employee2 spoke a line or two for the movie, but his career ended up on the cutting room floor ...
At least the bright red counterweights from 'The Good Guys and the Bad Guys' were painted black for 'Shootout'.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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