Re: Another Gramps tank car heading to Antonito!
| May 03, 2017 05:54PM |
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Way to go, John -
It was "Close, but no cigar!" for GRAMPS 75th Anniversary, but now you have a good chance to re-create this scene for the 80th:
Photo copyright © 1963, 2013 by Tom Gildersleeve. All Rights Reserved.
And if you can get a K-37 in operation by 2020, this scene would be a close runner-up:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2012 by Tom Gildersleeve. All Rights Reserved.
IMHO, two K-36's hauling only ten tanks instead of the eleven shown here with a K-37 helper would be "Close enough for gummint work." *
And don't forget that famous JBWX triptych at [chasingtrains.smugmug.com] et seq.
- El Abuelo Loco, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender Grossväterchen
* The C&TS really IS a gummint-owned RR, you know.
p.s. Will you be setting up a special restoration fund for this "new" car?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2017 06:22PM by Russo Loco.
It was "Close, but no cigar!" for GRAMPS 75th Anniversary, but now you have a good chance to re-create this scene for the 80th:
Photo copyright © 1963, 2013 by Tom Gildersleeve. All Rights Reserved.
And if you can get a K-37 in operation by 2020, this scene would be a close runner-up:
Photo copyright © 1962, 2012 by Tom Gildersleeve. All Rights Reserved.
IMHO, two K-36's hauling only ten tanks instead of the eleven shown here with a K-37 helper would be "Close enough for gummint work." *
And don't forget that famous JBWX triptych at [chasingtrains.smugmug.com] et seq.
- El Abuelo Loco, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender Grossväterchen
* The C&TS really IS a gummint-owned RR, you know.
p.s. Will you be setting up a special restoration fund for this "new" car?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2017 06:22PM by Russo Loco.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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