Re: UTLX Tank-Car Numbering (GRAMPS)
| February 17, 2014 05:19PM |
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J S Cary Wrote:
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> Cant wait to see 9 real tanks on Cumbres ...
> Hopefully with a K36 on the point and one
> shoving on the rear just like the 'Good ole
> days" ...
I'll second that motion, Mr. Cary!
And, since the info linked to in the root post (above) indicates that the "GRAMPS" lettering was first applied in 1938,
I'll vote for an entire pre-1941 train, with ONLY the old-style lettering - with logo - appearing on ANY of the equipment
(engines, cars, or kibbutz) i.e. no "modern-day" flying 'Rio Grande' anywhere in the train!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> Cant wait to see 9 real tanks on Cumbres ...
> Hopefully with a K36 on the point and one
> shoving on the rear just like the 'Good ole
> days" ...
I'll second that motion, Mr. Cary!
And, since the info linked to in the root post (above) indicates that the "GRAMPS" lettering was first applied in 1938,
I'll vote for an entire pre-1941 train, with ONLY the old-style lettering - with logo - appearing on ANY of the equipment
(engines, cars, or kibbutz) i.e. no "modern-day" flying 'Rio Grande' anywhere in the train!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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