Re: A little less green

Just to add to what George said, I was on the first run of 6060 from Toronto to Ft. Erie in 1973 when they took 6218 in for display dedication. I also went to Toronto a couple more times in the 70's to chase 6060, a real speedster!!!
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photo on my web site is at Spadina roundhouse night before a trip. Used existing light. Scan is off an 8x10 my web guy did 10 years ago so its not the greatest.
In 1986 6060 was restored in Jasper for an appearance at Steam Expo in Vancouver. We went up there to chase it down and found they were behind schedule, and actually volunteered a few days on the engine, and saw it get steamed-up and chased it down to Vancouver with a freight for two days. Speaking of 6015, it was in Jasper at the time, and became a spare parts source for items 6060 needed. I did a video which included some of the restoration, but it has been off the market several years, and is not on dvd yet either. I recently bought some programs from a Canadian producer and one is a 6060 show from the same year I was there, including a lot of cab footage. Again I don't have it on dvd yet.
Currently 6060 is in Stettler, Alberta running now and then on the Alberta Prairie. I was up there in 1999 specifically to get shots of the 6060 trip to Coronation(east of Stettler), a line they normally did not run the tourist train on. It was a 60 mile trip each way, and a couple of years later the line was abandoned(was not AP trackage). Now it is relegated to low speed running on the AP trackage, but it is still operational at least, and the largest active steam engine in Canada, and the only operational 4-8-2 in North America. Also its stock livery as well!!!
The 6077 in the photo looks a little weird with the yellow around the headlight rim, which is not stock.
Also here is link to a shot of the 6060 in 1986 at Jasper, as they were setting the pops during the steamup in the yard. (S shots)
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