Re: Making memories as opposed to reliving them.

Amen, Dan -

While the May 25 Charter was (approximately) the 60th Anniversary of #489's jacket
being painted Dark Olive Green* for a Rocky Mountain RR Club trip in 1950, we made
no attempt to re-create the original train, and we had a GREAT time making some new
memories with a really great bunch of mostly new friends - along with a few of several
years standing.

The August 30 Tribute to the Volunteers in Chama is a somewhat different story - we're going to try to re-create the camaraderie and sense of accomplishment that accompanied the First C&TS Train into Chama, but we will also be making new memories for those who attend, and definitely plan to Celebrate the NEXT Forty Years of the C&TS as well as the FIRST Forty Years!

- Russo

* We used the exact same paint that Jeff is applying to the D&S coaches.