Green boilers?

This seems to be a big debate over here and for sometime. I know that the only photo's I've seen of the big K's in a green boiler was the 489 and 499 both of which were done for Rocky tours in the late 40's era. Even looking at a color photo of the 499 in sunlight it is very hard to see green and the same with the 489. I'm not quite sure what the facination is with recreating something that wasn't the rule or normal D&RGW ng practice. I think the recent green boiler on the 478 was too bright--my personal thoughts. I know there is a lot of debate over painting the locomotives historically correct, but why would we paint them any other way? The C&T will not lose any credibility if the locomotives had Rio Grande on their tenders nor would it cost them any more money the only difference is that the locomotives would look like they did 50-60 yrs ago and actually represent what it is we all want to preserve. They should all be basic black paint scheme. The only exception should be the 473 which can and has been painted in bumblebee colors--but that was only a breif period that it had those colors. To keep everything as accurate and as historical as possible should be the goal here. As a side note here in Richmond VA where I live they recently replaced a huge iron arch that was an entry way into a local park which has been around since before the Civil War days but they didn't make the replacement arch exactly like the original so surprisingly (pleasantly) the resident's protested the new non-historical sign and it has now been replaced with an exact replica of the original. Point being that people do care about historical correctness and the way things should look. My 2 cents worth and I'm sure many don't see my point of view, but I wonder to myself why?

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William
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