VERY well stated, Randall -
Furthermore, as a notorious 'armchair quarterback', I feel compelled to point out
how some people seem to overlook two blatantly obvious facts
:
1) The regular C&TS passenger trains pulled by the ex-D&RGW locomotives do not
at all resemble passenger trains that ran over Cumbres Pass during the years when said locomotives were operated by the
Rio Grande, so any use of those locomotives in daily C&TS service but lettered for their previous owner would
seriously misrepresent their history as well as the history of the D&RG(W), greatly
misleading the average uneducated tourist as to the true history of the railroad.
2) If the C&TS does not survive as a tourist railway, there will be
neither tracks
nor locomotives available to enable historians and railfans to create occasional re-enactments of historic
Rio Grande operations, which - of course - involves accurately re-lettering two or three locomotive tenders for at least those few days each year when railfans are most likely to be present. (Apparently some of the most vociferous critics of the tender lettering for regular service haven't even visited the C&TS - much less supported such re-enactment charters - for several years.)
-
Lüsso Roco
p.s. To clarify a couple of earlier posts -
Rich Muth Wrote:
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>
... If you need help for your endeavor,
> I understand
Pancho
Sanza is looking
> for work!!
> [Then] Randall Hess Wrote:
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>
Sancho
Panza was Don Quixote's squire.
(Note how Rich had cleverly disguised the name of an innocent person by swapping the initial letters.)
[To Which] Steve Singer
Wrote [Added]:
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> [[b]...[/b]] And a tasty brand of Cuban cigars.
... The smoking of which, IMHO, is best accompanied by an appropriate beverage - such as Old Curmudgeon or Arrogant Bastard Ale, or even Industrial Strength Red Table Wine.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2012 11:48AM by Russo Loco.