Re: SEMI Phraud-O-Graphs . . . 
| January 28, 2016 11:49AM |
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John West Wrote:
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> For me the rotary trips are pure C&TS. I suppose
> that is arbitrary on my part, but running a steam
> rotary up Cumbres is more people than machinery
> and I think the C&TS folks deserve the credit.
AMEN to that, John!!!
> So I am perfectly happy to photograph a red rotary
> lettered C&TS and pushed by C&TS engines (even
> if one engine in one pic is lettered Rio Grande, that's
> an okay nod to history).
Mea Culpa. It was that flying Rio Grande logo that fooled me.
Since it wasn't really a Phraud-O-Trip, was it a semi-Phraud-O-Graph™ you posted, or a Phraud-O-Phraud-O-Graph = (Phraud-O)2-Graph?
> The rotary is a sufficiently dramatic machine that I'm
> not sure trying to recreate the DRGW days really adds
> all that much, or is even feasible with the equipment
> available these days. I am not against a phraudo-
> rotary outing, but I think most folks would be perfectly
> happy with a C&TS rotary outing.
I for one would be more than perfectly happy with a C&TS rotary outing!!
Such a fabulous event would probably make the T-V news in Denver & Albuquerque - and maybe even nationwide - helping to spread the word about the treasure still to be found in the mountains of Narrow Gauge Country! Even better, IMHO, run the first day looking as authentically Phraudo Rio Grande as possible, and then use magnetic and stick-on C&TS lettering on the second day for P.R. & advertising purposes where nit-picky exact lettering isn't as important as the overall dramatic effect.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> For me the rotary trips are pure C&TS. I suppose
> that is arbitrary on my part, but running a steam
> rotary up Cumbres is more people than machinery
> and I think the C&TS folks deserve the credit.
AMEN to that, John!!!
> So I am perfectly happy to photograph a red rotary
> lettered C&TS and pushed by C&TS engines (even
> if one engine in one pic is lettered Rio Grande, that's
> an okay nod to history).
Mea Culpa. It was that flying Rio Grande logo that fooled me.
Since it wasn't really a Phraud-O-Trip, was it a semi-Phraud-O-Graph™ you posted, or a Phraud-O-Phraud-O-Graph = (Phraud-O)2-Graph?
> The rotary is a sufficiently dramatic machine that I'm
> not sure trying to recreate the DRGW days really adds
> all that much, or is even feasible with the equipment
> available these days. I am not against a phraudo-
> rotary outing, but I think most folks would be perfectly
> happy with a C&TS rotary outing.
I for one would be more than perfectly happy with a C&TS rotary outing!!
Such a fabulous event would probably make the T-V news in Denver & Albuquerque - and maybe even nationwide - helping to spread the word about the treasure still to be found in the mountains of Narrow Gauge Country! Even better, IMHO, run the first day looking as authentically Phraudo Rio Grande as possible, and then use magnetic and stick-on C&TS lettering on the second day for P.R. & advertising purposes where nit-picky exact lettering isn't as important as the overall dramatic effect.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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