Fritz Klinke Wrote (emphasis mine):
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> The D&RGW stencils were cut out of soft, thin
> sheet metal. The large tender stencils had a
> narrow board nailed to the top for rigidity so
> the stencils would not fold or crease when
> being handled.
>
>
. . . Most lettering efforts I see today are
> substantially off from the original D&RGW
> styles, especially the fully spelled out D&-
> RGW on tenders. An excellent photo of the
> correct style is in the Prospector magazine,
> Vol. 4, No. 1, page 11 in a Dennis O'Berry
> photo of 223's tender.
I have yet to see a
> computer font that approaches that style.
> The vinyl cut lettering I see being applied to
> tenders, like the 315, may appear o-k to most
> people, but they are somewhat grim in being
> inappropriate when compared to good photos
> of the original work.
We have been working
> next to the 315 off and on over the winter,
> and it's a chore to keep looking at it (the
> lettering, not the engine).
Fritz Klinke also Wrote (emphasis mine):
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> In the other thread of
'What if the D&RGW
> had dieselized the narrow gauge', perhaps
> had they tried it and been successful we
> would've been spared the creation of the
> C&TS and the abandonment of faithful
> historic preservation that has been part
> and parcel of the past 43 years of stray-
> ing from the historic norm. Of course the
> the other narrow gauge railroad that did
> dieselize, the WP&Y, systematically tried
> to destroy its heritage and the D&RGW
> would have done the same.
I guess we
> need to be content with what we have,
> BUT LET'S MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT!!
Or, as a curmudgeonly skeptic famously said,
"Plus çe change, plus c'est la même chose."
. . . naively posted in hopes that at least a few of my fellow Curmudgeons will re-read this entire thread as well as [
ngdiscussion.net] through [
ngdiscussion.net] on the
'425 1st Steam' thread and [
ngdiscussion.net] through [
ngdiscussion.net] on the
'Fresh Paint' thread, and then raise hell with
The Powers That Be to have appropriate corrections made before
folks Phraud-O-Graphers™ who are investing
many hundreds thousands of dollars to ride behind #168 and "#425" are disappointed by their obvious (NOT nit-picky, IMHO) non-historic appearance. (Phoamers, OTOH, probably couldn't care less.)
- Sincerely,
Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2021 12:43PM by Johnson Barr.