Re: C&TS #489's jacket paint in 2010
| August 24, 2017 05:44PM |
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The May 25, 2010 C&TS charter was a commemoration of the Rocky Club's D&RGW excursion over Poncha Pass in 1950, Mike -
But no attempt was made at a fully accurate re-creation, as the 1950 trip was a passenger train with the Silver Vista at the end, and our charter wasn't even a Phraud-O-Phreight™, just (per JBWX) ein Gemütlichkeiter®.* Also, IIRC, #489's smokebox & front were black – or at least dark graphite – in 1950, not aluminium as in 2010. And I do apologize for being too lazy the day before to polish the rods (or at least remove most of the rust).
- Roosso
* SFAIK, "ein Gemütlichkeiter" is Kraut for "Something done just for the hell of it" or "Just for a Good Time".
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/2017 05:50PM by Russo Loco.
But no attempt was made at a fully accurate re-creation, as the 1950 trip was a passenger train with the Silver Vista at the end, and our charter wasn't even a Phraud-O-Phreight™, just (per JBWX) ein Gemütlichkeiter®.* Also, IIRC, #489's smokebox & front were black – or at least dark graphite – in 1950, not aluminium as in 2010. And I do apologize for being too lazy the day before to polish the rods (or at least remove most of the rust).
- Roosso
* SFAIK, "ein Gemütlichkeiter" is Kraut for "Something done just for the hell of it" or "Just for a Good Time".
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/2017 05:50PM 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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