Re: 1973 Flanger Train
| March 17, 2010 02:18PM |
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Hi, youse guys -
My favorite lettering for locomotives owned by the CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RR is just
that, with the tri-color herald as shown below, but IMHO these should be magnetic, placed over
the painted flying Rio Grande (or DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN with herald on #463,
... and hopefully someday a K-37).
This way the marketing people get their wish to improve "branding" for the C&TS, but us hard-core railfans and historians can see authentic D&RGW paint schemes several times a year. With some of the D&SNG equipment lettered Rio Grande, the D&RG in South Fork using Rio Grande, and the SL&RG also using variations of Rio Grande, the not-so-hard-core fan, the general public, and the vast majority of reporters are probably just a little confused as to what and where the C&TS really is.
- El Curmudgeono Viejo y Verde de la Costa de Oro
Photo by Scott Turner, revised with permission:
My favorite lettering for locomotives owned by the CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RR is just
that, with the tri-color herald as shown below, but IMHO these should be magnetic, placed over
the painted flying Rio Grande (or DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN with herald on #463,
... and hopefully someday a K-37).
This way the marketing people get their wish to improve "branding" for the C&TS, but us hard-core railfans and historians can see authentic D&RGW paint schemes several times a year. With some of the D&SNG equipment lettered Rio Grande, the D&RG in South Fork using Rio Grande, and the SL&RG also using variations of Rio Grande, the not-so-hard-core fan, the general public, and the vast majority of reporters are probably just a little confused as to what and where the C&TS really is.
- El Curmudgeono Viejo y Verde de la Costa de Oro
Photo by Scott Turner, revised with permission:
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