Steve Forney Wrote:
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> Wisconsonmike, i think we are on the same side
> of the fence here. I want the C&TS to stay around
> for a long time, maybe even long enough for my
> grandson to become interested. I don't think the
> C&TS needs to look like Disneyland, but I do think
> it needs to be perceived as being itself, and not
> part of the D&S or other remnant of the D&RGW.
> Keeping things as close as possible to the history
> of the RR is essential, but what is wrong if the only
> difference visible is that the lettering is "
CUMBRES
> "
AND TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD", rather than
> "DENVER AND RIO GRANDE RAILROAD" on the
> equipment used to haul cash-paying customers,
> whose cash is [GREATLY NEEDED] to preserve
> the non-revenue, historic equipment.
... AND FOR JUST ONE DAY OF A THREE-DAY EVENT - FOR THE T-V CAMERAS, IF THIS CAN BE ARRANGED - TEMPORARILY RE-LETTERING ROTARY 'OY' so that people who see it on the evening news have half a chance of finding the C&TS Website so they can make reservations to see the real (CORRECTLY LETTERED) equipment the following summer, and thereby provide a little more funding so that the summer after that maybe one more piece of historic equipment can be accurately restored and correctly painted.
- Russ
p.s. Is the problem with OM's current paint simply the presence of the auxiliary water car, or is the current tender and/or configuration of OM so different from the days when it was painted red & white by the D&RG(W) that simply removing the offending auxiliary water car would not suffice to make the display historically accurate (within reason)??