Re: Non-green "Private Train" on Sunday . . .

I would love to join youse guys, John -

But the C&TS is too far from CA to visit more than once a year - especially as I now have the extra expense of paying someone to take care of my two dogs whenever I'm out on the road.  I hope you have as much fun as we did on the unintended semi-private charter in May of 2010, whether #315 has a green jacket or not!   We're looking forward to your photos!!

- El Abuelo Loco, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender Grossväterchen

p.s. Speaking of Green Jackets, did you see the article on the 1957 Virginia Blue Ridge Railway charter in Classic Trains?  It seems the VBR took a hint from the D&RGW charter with #489 almost exactly seven years before; quoting from pp 63-64 of the CT article:

"VBR, which normally went about the mundane task of hauling mineral products from Piney River to the Southern at Tye River, proved to me a most gracious host.  In addition to arranging lunch and entertainment, VBR shined up No. 7, even giving the boiler jacket a coat of green paint and adding white trim, white flags, and classification lights."

pps. Are tickets still available for Sunday's train?



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