Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Hi, Skip -
>
> Not So! Once a Curmudgeon always a Curmudgeon. I'm
> just getting tired of everyone
> assuming that I want to paint everything green.
> Eureka is BEAUTIFUL as is, and I
> wouldn't change a thing other than giving her more
> track to run on.
>
> I'd like to see #489 with a green jacket next year
> because it is the 60th Anniversary of
> her 'season in green' in 1950, and I'd like to see
> her sub for #483 with the Tuscan Red
> cab, domes and tender trim for the two weeks
> ending with Labor Day in 2010 because
> that's how #483 was painted on the historic
> occasion of the first C&TS train into Chama
> forty years before.
>
> No other Curmudgeonly or Grinchly plans in the
> works at this time, other than turning people
> green with envy when you and I join Ed Stabler in
> a hearty rendition of 'The Ballad of Festus
> Frothjaw', aka 'The Foamite Song' at the C&TS 40th
> Birthday Party next August! ... and filming
> 'C7', starring Roger Hogan, on location in
> Georgianatown. (I'm working on an update - with a
> couple of night scenes - so we can get Michael
> Ripley, Alan Loomis and the lovely Lady Ashley
> involved in the movie!)
>
> Happy Holly-daze!!
>
> - Russo
Russ,
Your going to get your green fix real soon. Stay tuned for 491's transformation. Don't mess with Dan's Eureka, that belongs on a coffee table after running.
Green Curmudgeon