Re: Alternate Lettering on Opposite Sides ... 
| February 19, 2015 09:06AM |
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Earl Wrote:
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> When I painted 4444 a zillion years ago,*
> I lettered it D.& R.G. on one side/end and
> D.& R.G.W. on the other.
Great Idea, Earl -
IMHO. I think The Friends (and the D&SNG) should do something like that with several, if not most, of the historic fleet - "DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN" (with herald) on one side, and flying "Rio Grande" on the other. That way the cars could be wyed to put either all "old" (pre-1940) or all "new" (post-1940) lettering on the sunny side of trains so that only the tenders & cab numbers would have to be re-painted appropriately for "early" or "late" Phraud-O-Phreights®.
- Roosso
* Don't you mean a GA-zillion years ago?
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> When I painted 4444 a zillion years ago,*
> I lettered it D.& R.G. on one side/end and
> D.& R.G.W. on the other.
Great Idea, Earl -
IMHO. I think The Friends (and the D&SNG) should do something like that with several, if not most, of the historic fleet - "DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN" (with herald) on one side, and flying "Rio Grande" on the other. That way the cars could be wyed to put either all "old" (pre-1940) or all "new" (post-1940) lettering on the sunny side of trains so that only the tenders & cab numbers would have to be re-painted appropriately for "early" or "late" Phraud-O-Phreights®.
- Roosso
* Don't you mean a GA-zillion years ago?
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