Re: Attention Rio Grande Southern Rivet counters
| July 01, 2017 11:30PM |
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Here's how she looked in 1932:
The grabs and ladders are black. what appears to be silver or white is the snow. Look at the ladder uprights and the shielded grabs on the end of the carbody. She kept this appearance until rebuilt in 1940 as represented by the color shot above. Note the old RR Roman lettering under the red paint on the facia. Some have ventured that this was gold but I argue it is the thin red pigment and linseed oil over the old white lettering.
The grabs and ladders are black. what appears to be silver or white is the snow. Look at the ladder uprights and the shielded grabs on the end of the carbody. She kept this appearance until rebuilt in 1940 as represented by the color shot above. Note the old RR Roman lettering under the red paint on the facia. Some have ventured that this was gold but I argue it is the thin red pigment and linseed oil over the old white lettering.
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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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