Hey old timer Albers,
Notice that the 44 had the "Nice new paint job" on the pin-truss bridge photo. It was a slow evolution, between trips, that I painted and relettered the 44 and the 40 from Colorado Central to GB&L. The next to go were those hideous yellow stripes on the tender and cab sides. Later I painted them out and restriped the original (Narrower) silver striping that was there when we got the locomotives from FIdeCA.
The passenger cars were painted by some volunteers and I lettered them by hand, also between trips (and after work... I was young and enthusiastic in those days). I lettered the tenders of 40 and 44 one night after work when I got tired of seeing the Central City lettering on the Georgetown Loop.
As we all can figure out, GB&L stood for Georgetown, Breckenridge & Leadville (the original construction company). I painted that on the Passenger Car Letterboards as well. I also did the striping and name lettering on the passenger cars as well.
Later, I was told that GB&L stood for "Grace, Breffle and Lindsey" (three of the original loop principals) or, owing to the lack of turntables at either end "Going Backwards & Late".
Rick