Re: Como Colorado is once again home to a steam locomotive

Northern838 Wrote:
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> While it is good to see steam in Como, I just wish
> more original components would have been used...
> from the pictures I have seen, #4 looks like
> something you might find at an amusement park.
> Hopefully as time goes on some of the plumbing and
> appliances are updated, or more correctly,
> backdated.

While she doesn't look native, she has her own history, and I know there's been discussion regarding honoring that history (although that cow catcher...whew!). I don't know what native C&S steam could have been procured (although it's worth dreaming about having #9 visit Como under steam someday). I was thinking about how to make it fit in more, and I was wondering if maybe going with the original C&S lettering scheme (big number on the tender, C&S logo on the cab) might be a way to do it such that on the one hand it has a sense of belonging but on the other it won't look quite as strange on a foreign engine as the latter day C&S lettering scheme. Dunno...it's a tough one. I think Klondike Kate is a very nice looking locomotive. That said, a McConnell stack might make her look a little more at home...

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Dave Vollmer
Rio Grande Southern in HOn3
Colorado Midland in N scale

Colorado Springs, CO



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/17/2017 04:39PM by Dave Vollmer.