Re: Re-Creating History as Accurately as Possible ...

Dan Markoff Wrote:
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> I agree, Kelly Anderson did make a good ob-
> servation that not many people would notice.
> He brought up a valid point from an historic
> perspective as opposed to a purely personal
> opinion.   It is the guy that criticizes for no
> reason at all except personal preference that
> makes me scratch my head.


Does that also pertain to green boiler jackets, Dan?

Concerning which it is now pretty well recognized that of the D&RGW K-36's, only one - #489 - was blessed, and only during the spring and possibly the summer of 1950 - whereas careful research by the restoration team at CRRM has determined that several of them - if not all - left Burnham shops fully decked out with Moffat Green jackets and aluminium leaf lettering, as a show of pride by those who had economically created relatively modern narrow gauge "Super Power" 2-8-2's from worn-out old standard-gauge 2-8-0's.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender