Re: Just a little more visibility for the "flying" Rio Grande . . .

Wade Hall Wrote:
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> As I have posted before, the amazing thing
> about the Rio Grande herald is that it still
> looks modern today – nearly 70 years after
> it was designed.  Few trademarks can claim
> that.  In fact, I have had several tourists ask
> why such a "modern" lettering design is used
> on the C&TS locomotives.

A good argument for at least one of the K-36s having the 6-inch 'CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC R. R.' lettering, w/ herald, perhaps?  See [ngdiscussion.net].

> They were amazed when I told them that the
> basic design of the herald was applied to those
> locomotives when they were only 16 years old!
> All the more reasons that both the Rio Grande
> and Cumbres & Toltec heralds need to be ap-
> plied dimensionally and aesthetically correctly.
> Period.

geode Wrote:
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> Yeah Wade.  Period.  Simple as that.


I'll second that motion, Geode -    

Assuming equal care will be given to the size, spacing and style of the cab numbers, of course . . . *    

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

*  See [ngdiscussion.net] et seq.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/07/2022 06:55PM by Russo Loco.