Re: Locomotive #168 Plans ... 
| April 30, 2015 11:28AM |
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John Bush Wrote:
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> The picture at the top of this thread shows
> #168 in Alamosa in 1923. Note that it had
> an electrified box headlight at that time.
> The headlight currently on the engine is an
> original D&RG headlight. The restoration
> plan is to return the engine to it's appearance
> when it got the current boiler circa 1913. The
> time frame we are looking at is 10 years after
> the K-27s were first built and 17 years before
> the K-36s were delivered.
But ... but ... John -
Even if you mean 1915 - ten years before the K-36s and 13 years before the first K-37s, IIRC, that's still a year or two before JBWX, Roger and I were even born! And way before Fred Oster's and Steve Forney's time - I presume you have lots of pics to help you get 'er done RIGHT!!
- Rüsso (muy) Loco
p.s. Don't take Roosso too serious - he's just trying to help the #168 donation thread(s) stay out of range of the "Cow Exploders" ...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2015 05:13PM by Russo Loco.
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> The picture at the top of this thread shows
> #168 in Alamosa in 1923. Note that it had
> an electrified box headlight at that time.
> The headlight currently on the engine is an
> original D&RG headlight. The restoration
> plan is to return the engine to it's appearance
> when it got the current boiler circa 1913. The
> time frame we are looking at is 10 years after
> the K-27s were first built and 17 years before
> the K-36s were delivered.
But ... but ... John -
Even if you mean 1915 - ten years before the K-36s and 13 years before the first K-37s, IIRC, that's still a year or two before JBWX, Roger and I were even born! And way before Fred Oster's and Steve Forney's time - I presume you have lots of pics to help you get 'er done RIGHT!!
- Rüsso (muy) Loco
p.s. Don't take Roosso too serious - he's just trying to help the #168 donation thread(s) stay out of range of the "Cow Exploders" ...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/30/2015 05:13PM by Russo Loco.
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