RichB Wrote:
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... The only time tourists will recall what [lettering]
> was on the tender is when they are telling their
> friends about the train ride they took and showing
> them pictures. [This is when] it is [that] the name
> "Cumbres & Toltec" should be on the tenders.
Word-of-mouth advertising is generally recognized as the most effective, so having the railroad's name on the tenders is essentially free advertising of the optimum kind. Also, these days it's very likely that photos or videos are being sent to friends in real time via cell phone while some of these excited tourists are posing beside the engine while waiting to board the train ...
> The solution is really simple, as you say, and
> it will benefit both the railroad and the charter
> riders. If the charter wants "historically accu-
> rate lettering" then they (the charter) should pay
> for a complete repaint of the whole engine. It would
> be a cost to the charter and the engine would get
> a fresh coat of paint. If they don't want to pay
> for that, then there are two options;
> (1) be satisfied with lettering as it is -or-
> (2) be satisfied with magnetic lettering.
As a third alternative, we found in 2010 that spraying a thin coat of gloss black enamel over just the old logos - NOT the whole engine - and then applying dry-transfer lettering worked pretty well. It wasn't quite perfect, but WAY better than magnetic lettering with its thick backing.
Rich Murray Wrote:
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> By way of illustration; two years ago a couple of
> old timers and a pair of young whipper-snappers
> completely
metamorphosed [grotesquefied] #487
> into #483 circa 1970 in a matter of a few days.
IIRC there were two Old Curmudgeons, plus an energetic fifty-ish Apprentice Curmudgeon and only one (1) young Whipper-Snapper ...
> It can be done - all it takes is TEM -
> Time, Energy and Money.
IIRC, two sets of white four-inch-tall by 20-plus-foot-long "CUMBRES AND TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD" lettering - with a pair of 24" x 26" white heralds - cost a bit under $500. And Of course in our case, with several dedicated Tuzigoots helping out (Trü-Sei-Güt ≅ "True Believers" in the phömitic ancient Norse of their/our ancestors) the labor was free - see photos at bottom of [
ngdiscussion.net].
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2012 12:09AM by Russo Loco.
