Re: 489 - one my two favorite C&TS locomotives
| October 13, 2017 05:58PM |
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Although I'm very partial to #483 – aka 'The Scarlet Harlot':
Photo Copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved
There's no question that #489 – aka 'The Painted Lady' – is my favorite operational C&TS loco.
Her history is by far the most colorful of the current fleet, having been subjected to a Moffat Green jacket by the D&RGW in 1950:
Photo Copyright © 1950 by Donald G. Hills - All Rights Reserved
. . . to more than just a touch of aluminium trim in the late 2000's:
. . . and to a modern variant of Moffat Green for the entire 2010 season:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2017 11:22AM by Russo Loco.
Photo Copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved
There's no question that #489 – aka 'The Painted Lady' – is my favorite operational C&TS loco.
Her history is by far the most colorful of the current fleet, having been subjected to a Moffat Green jacket by the D&RGW in 1950:
Photo Copyright © 1950 by Donald G. Hills - All Rights Reserved
. . . to more than just a touch of aluminium trim in the late 2000's:
. . . and to a modern variant of Moffat Green for the entire 2010 season:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2017 11:22AM by Russo Loco.
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She even looks good in reverse
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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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