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Earl

January 05, 2002 08:02AM

In May of 1978 the D&RGW crew put a new paint job on 473 which included removing many coats of paint from the sand dome bands and lots of Brasso and elbow grease to make them shine again. I thought it looked kinda cool. At least it showed a little pride in what they were doing. I recall by 79-80 they had been painted black again.
Lets start a drive to get Harper to paint 473 Grande Gold again!!
"Bumble Bee in Two-thousand Three (2003)"!!!!!!
Sounds like a project for Fred over in Bayfield.

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Subject	Author	Posted
473 Wreck!?	RonRit	December 31, 2001 09:01PM
Re: 473 Wreck!?	Fred	December 31, 2001 09:37PM
473's Bumblebee Paint	Mike Trent	December 31, 2001 09:46PM
Re: 473's Bumblebee Paint	freddyb	January 04, 2002 08:16PM
Re: 473's Bumblebee Paint	Jeff Johnson	January 05, 2002 12:38AM
another page for the "novel"	Earl	January 05, 2002 08:02AM
Re: another page for the "novel"	Herb Kelsey	January 05, 2002 12:27PM
Re: Bumble Bee, Leave Engines Black	PRR	January 07, 2002 08:58AM
Re: 473's Bumblebee Paint PIC	Mike Ramsey	January 05, 2002 03:08PM

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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

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