Re: Hollyweird Diamond in Durango - by Ernie Robart
| September 04, 2015 11:54AM |
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pd3463 Wrote:
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> Back in February of this year, there was a thread
> "Balloons in freight service". Going through this
> thread it shows that four, not three stacks exist,
> one in CA, two in Silverton and one in Durango.
> There is mention that one of the stacks was
> slightly different, perhaps for 481. The above
> picture clearly shows that one was made for 483
> and her roll.
Well, at least one was placed on #483 for GG&BG - I have no idea whether it was "hers", one made earlier for #481, or perhaps one of the K-28 stacks.
> So, did another 480 ever wear this stack too?
> Were there more than four? With two in Silverton
> being the same and one in Durango for posterity
> (or to place on #473 if she is replicating the
> "Silverton" of the 50's), is the one in CA really
> #483's and not #478's?
Apparently only 'The Shadow' knows ...
Here's another of Ernie's photos, taken three weeks earlier, that shows yet another style of stack.
This one was put on #473/"478" for the filming of 'Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid':
Copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
The stack shown above was removed before #473 ran east in mid-October, 1968, for servicing in Alamosa.
It doesn't look like a "Silverton" stack to me; does anyone else have some info?
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2015 06:22PM by Russo Loco.
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> Back in February of this year, there was a thread
> "Balloons in freight service". Going through this
> thread it shows that four, not three stacks exist,
> one in CA, two in Silverton and one in Durango.
> There is mention that one of the stacks was
> slightly different, perhaps for 481. The above
> picture clearly shows that one was made for 483
> and her roll.
Well, at least one was placed on #483 for GG&BG - I have no idea whether it was "hers", one made earlier for #481, or perhaps one of the K-28 stacks.
> So, did another 480 ever wear this stack too?
> Were there more than four? With two in Silverton
> being the same and one in Durango for posterity
> (or to place on #473 if she is replicating the
> "Silverton" of the 50's), is the one in CA really
> #483's and not #478's?
Apparently only 'The Shadow' knows ...
Here's another of Ernie's photos, taken three weeks earlier, that shows yet another style of stack.
This one was put on #473/"478" for the filming of 'Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid':
Copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
The stack shown above was removed before #473 ran east in mid-October, 1968, for servicing in Alamosa.
It doesn't look like a "Silverton" stack to me; does anyone else have some info?
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2015 06:22PM by Russo Loco.
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