Re: "Interesting" paint scheme on K-36

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Hi again -
>
> According to John Bush, the RGS-style "sunrise"
> "sunset" herald on the C&TS was developed
> by John Coker. (See
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 33431#msg-133431 and
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 33974#msg-133974.)   But whichever employee
> told
> you "it was typical of how the K-36's looked when
> running on the RGS ..." was wrong. The K-36's
> were WAY too heavy to operate on the RGS.  
> If you look at the photo of #461 that's been at
> the
> bottom of the NGDF pages for a couple of weeks,
> you can see how the RGS painted the K-27's
> that they bought from the D&RGW ...
>
> - Russ

Russ,
I was there at the beginning of the 1971 season, the first full year of operations. We got shots of 483 with the black tender and no lettering, and 484 was already painted, and lettered.
I last shot 483 in 1976.
Greg Scholl