Re: Photo of saved & restored D&RG 5654
| November 21, 2016 11:22PM |
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CharlieMcCandless Wrote:
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> Why wasn't the car painted {Denver &} Rio Grande {WESTERN} black?
'Cause it's older than we are, Charlie -
MUCH older. Older even than Roger Wigwam or the JéBêWèX or Haich O'Mannder - built for the Denver & Rio Grande before the merger with the Rio Grande Western to form the Denver & Rio Grande Western - and it looks in those last two photos, to my unedjumacated eyes, like it's painted accordin' to what it looked like early in its life (i.e. its 'birthday suit'), rather than later on . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/2016 11:51PM by Johnson Barr.
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> Why wasn't the car painted {Denver &} Rio Grande {WESTERN} black?
'Cause it's older than we are, Charlie -
MUCH older. Older even than Roger Wigwam or the JéBêWèX or Haich O'Mannder - built for the Denver & Rio Grande before the merger with the Rio Grande Western to form the Denver & Rio Grande Western - and it looks in those last two photos, to my unedjumacated eyes, like it's painted accordin' to what it looked like early in its life (i.e. its 'birthday suit'), rather than later on . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/2016 11:51PM by Johnson Barr.
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