Re: Engine 361 Closeup 
| March 07, 2010 02:04PM |
Jerry Day Wrote:
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> Russ:
>
> The building was and still is red. That was the
> standard D&RGW color for buildings, water tanks,
> etc. in the 20s, 30s and earlier.
>
> You know after this being debated for more than 40
> years it is getting to be a bit boring. No one has
> been able to come up with definitive proof of
> green on narrow gauge engines that would hold up
> in a court of law, yet folks keep seeing green in
> B&W photos becasue they want it to be green.
>
> I doubt if it will ever end as the D&RGW did not
> keep detailed records of paintings and I am pretty
> sure no good color photo will show up. If I am
> wrong, I will be the first to eat crow, but I am
> pretty sure I will not have to look for the
> katsup.
>
> Jerry Day
Jerry,
I'm with you on this one--this subject does tend to get very boring. I for one think if they want to think it's green let them think it. They can't prove it, but if it makes them feel better or if it justifies them having a model painted that way then I'm all for it. The truth is until there is solid proof I'm with Jerry--we do know of two occasions where a green boiler was in service the 499 and 489 on the Rocky trips. There is so much other great narrow gauge topics to discuss--hope we don't have this one any more. If your curious about this topic--search the archives there are pages of it. Ok I'll stop now---now back to our regularly scheduled program.
William
aka drgwk37
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/07/2010 02:06PM by drgwk37.
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> Russ:
>
> The building was and still is red. That was the
> standard D&RGW color for buildings, water tanks,
> etc. in the 20s, 30s and earlier.
>
> You know after this being debated for more than 40
> years it is getting to be a bit boring. No one has
> been able to come up with definitive proof of
> green on narrow gauge engines that would hold up
> in a court of law, yet folks keep seeing green in
> B&W photos becasue they want it to be green.
>
> I doubt if it will ever end as the D&RGW did not
> keep detailed records of paintings and I am pretty
> sure no good color photo will show up. If I am
> wrong, I will be the first to eat crow, but I am
> pretty sure I will not have to look for the
> katsup.
>
> Jerry Day
Jerry,
I'm with you on this one--this subject does tend to get very boring. I for one think if they want to think it's green let them think it. They can't prove it, but if it makes them feel better or if it justifies them having a model painted that way then I'm all for it. The truth is until there is solid proof I'm with Jerry--we do know of two occasions where a green boiler was in service the 499 and 489 on the Rocky trips. There is so much other great narrow gauge topics to discuss--hope we don't have this one any more. If your curious about this topic--search the archives there are pages of it. Ok I'll stop now---now back to our regularly scheduled program.
William
aka drgwk37
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/07/2010 02:06PM by drgwk37.
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