Last fall following a number of personal insults and attacks on me, I decided to refrain from posting on this list. I have continued to read it and have responded personally to several requests for info (the folks know who they are).
I have noted Russ's proposal and offer of $$$ to paint 489 with a green boiler next year. I will not repeat all the various points about green boilers, but in this case there is ample historic evidence (photos and eye witnesses) for 489 having a green boiler on at least one Rocky Mtn RR Club trip in 1950.
I am certianlly not the final word on this subject (or anything else for that matter), but I have researched this subject since 1972 and this example of a green boiler is documented and historic, so I am supporting his plan in my rather limited way (don't have tons of $$$).
Jerry Day
Longmont, CO