Re: A Senior Momentito, dash it all . . .

rdamurphy {mis-}Wrote:
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> BTW, they were never lettered or referred to with
> the dash. It's not a K-27, it's a K27.

Chris Walker Wrote:
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> I'd have to disagree slightly with that about the
> hyphen, Robert and also your hp rating of a SD-
> 45 should be 3600.

Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> See also William's photo of #319 at
> [ngdiscussion.net].


Though It is rare, I must agree -

Chris and I are often at opposite poles in these discussions – and Willie & I rarely see eye-to-eye about anything – but this time I have my own archival photographic evidence that compels me to agree with both of them.  Here are un-doctored croppings from three photos taken at night in Durango ("in Durango, where the Spaniards did Fandango") during the Autumn of 1964, and one taken in broad daylight at Gato (formerly known as Pagosa Junction) in mid-August of 1966:


Granted, none of the above is a K-27, but having non-Phraud-O-Graphic™ evidence that the other three classes of D&RGW Mikados WERE lettered with a hyphen (or dash), I'm tempted to conclude that whether or not they were referred to as K-27s in Company records, they were certainly identified as such on the sides of their cabs.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



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