Re: Cresco Phraud-O-Phreight, circa 1992 - what's missing??
| May 30, 2018 08:15PM |
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jgunning Wrote:
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> I'll throw one onto the pile. Stumbled across this
> recently while scanning. In service or phraud-
> O-freight?
Earl Wrote:
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> I know that guy running 484 . . .
jgunning Wrote:
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> . . . Now tell me what else in the picture says in-
> service or not. I'll admit that seeing a large scan
> of the photo would help, but there are easily seen
> points even in the small jpeg.
KevinM Wrote:
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> My guesses: The chain across the open-ended
> gon and perhaps the spark arrestor on the K-36.
Curt Bianchi Wrote:
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> Well, the C&TS herald on the gon is a pretty good
> clue. :-)
Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> I was wondering about the logo on the Caboose.
> Also the tank is not the one in my photo. It has
> been rebuilt in your shot I suspect. I noticed
> the chain earlier also, but Earl was the main
> giveaway.
John West Wrote:
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> . . . the immediate and obvious giveaway to me
> was the C&TS logo on the gon and the chains.
> The D&RGW did use smoke arrestors at times,
> but the pics I have seen show them as being a
> bit flatter, and I believe the time frame was in the
> 1930's, I didn't see them on the 480's or 490's on
> my many visits in the 60's. I seem to remember
> there was one caboose running around in the 60's
> that did not have the flying Rio Grande, but I am
> too lazy to search my pix for a number.
Tomstp Wrote:
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> That really silver-looking lettering says fraud-o.
One of the biggest things isn't what's there, Youse Guys -
It's what ISN'T there - the basis for the C&TS slogan in the early days. (And the Rio Grande narrow gauge's slogan from about '65 to the end . . . )
WEEDS!!! Through 'em, not around 'em!
Here's Cresco Tank on August 29, 1968 - the last day of "regular" freight operations:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> I'll throw one onto the pile. Stumbled across this
> recently while scanning. In service or phraud-
> O-freight?
Earl Wrote:
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> I know that guy running 484 . . .
jgunning Wrote:
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> . . . Now tell me what else in the picture says in-
> service or not. I'll admit that seeing a large scan
> of the photo would help, but there are easily seen
> points even in the small jpeg.
KevinM Wrote:
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> My guesses: The chain across the open-ended
> gon and perhaps the spark arrestor on the K-36.
Curt Bianchi Wrote:
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> Well, the C&TS herald on the gon is a pretty good
> clue. :-)
Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> I was wondering about the logo on the Caboose.
> Also the tank is not the one in my photo. It has
> been rebuilt in your shot I suspect. I noticed
> the chain earlier also, but Earl was the main
> giveaway.
John West Wrote:
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> . . . the immediate and obvious giveaway to me
> was the C&TS logo on the gon and the chains.
> The D&RGW did use smoke arrestors at times,
> but the pics I have seen show them as being a
> bit flatter, and I believe the time frame was in the
> 1930's, I didn't see them on the 480's or 490's on
> my many visits in the 60's. I seem to remember
> there was one caboose running around in the 60's
> that did not have the flying Rio Grande, but I am
> too lazy to search my pix for a number.
Tomstp Wrote:
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> That really silver-looking lettering says fraud-o.
One of the biggest things isn't what's there, Youse Guys -
It's what ISN'T there - the basis for the C&TS slogan in the early days. (And the Rio Grande narrow gauge's slogan from about '65 to the end . . . )
WEEDS!!! Through 'em, not around 'em!
Here's Cresco Tank on August 29, 1968 - the last day of "regular" freight operations:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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