Samart Wrote:
--------------------------------------------------
> Bravo. Great post.
>
> And I'd imagine that Russo read this post....and
> is taking a looooooooooooooooooooooong drag
> on a cig right about now
>
> "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
I don't smoke, Craig – but I will take a looooooooooooooooooooooong swig of my namesake Arrogant Bastard Ale in appreciation later today.
gregcoit Wrote:
--------------------------------------------------
> I appreciate the time you took to describe the ex-
> tensive process the CRRM went through to make
> sure the restoration was a accurate as possible.
> I was unaware of the tri-color herald controversy
> but I would have to live under a rock to not have
> heard of the green boiler [jacket] controversy.
> I didn't have a strong opinion on black vs green
> myself not having evidence either way but now I
> have to say I'm convinced.
>
> Sorry I ever doubted you Russo!!!!
Not a problem, Greg. Many a more significant prophet than myself has gone ages without honor, even in his own (narrow gauge) country!
Dave Peterson Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I LOVE research & science!
> Thanks for the definitive information!!!
AMEN, Dave!! I'll second that motion!
THANK YOU, Jeff -
For providing the details of the arduous process that went into the ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE restoration of a beautiful machine!! Mike Spera had summarized the restoration of 'Super Power' engine #491 on pages 6 & 7 of the Fall 2013 edition of the CRRM's
Iron Horse News, but it's good to have the rest of the story behind all the painstaking research and careful work that was done!!
CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to the ENTIRE CRRM CREW for a FABULOUS JOB!!
-
El Greengo Curmudgeoño Viejo y Verde
p.s. For any newbies to the NGDF who may not be familiar with the 'warm discussions' concerning the colors of boiler jackets on D&RGW narrow gauge 2-8-2's that occurred here around ten years ago, please see [
ngdiscussion.net] for a summary as of late December, 2007. The current consensus among objective historians seems to be that the D&RGW was so proud of their ten home-built K-37s (converted from standard-gauge 2-8-0's in 1928 & 1930) that they had them painted in their finest livery of the era, which included dark olive Moffat Green boiler jacket enamel on boiler jackets, aluminum leaf lettering and aluminum trim. It is also generally agreed that only one K-36 ever had a Moffat Green boiler jacket during the
Rio Grande days – #489 – which was specially painted for a Rocky Club excursion on the Monarch Branch and over Poncha Pass on May 21, 1950. The 60th Anniversary of this trip was celebrated on May 25, 2010, when #489 was again painted with a Moffat Green jacket for a commemorative excursion on the C&TS
:
pps. Jeff Berrier's first photo (above) illustrates how a shiny, freshly painted (or freshly cleaned) jacket reflects a lot of blue sky. This effect is much greater with modern urethane paints than with the less glossy enamels of yesteryear. The paint used on #489 in 2010 was obtained from Jeff Ellingson of the D&S Museum in Durango, and applied to C&TS #489 by him. It is
exactly the same paint that he applied to the four D&S passenger cars, and to RGS #41 in the museum, and is based on a sample from a can labeled "Green Jacket Enamel" that was found in the paint storage shed in Durango which he had gotten spectrographically analyzed to get the pigment color exactly right. Indoors, under incandescent light, #41 looks correct, but outdoors under a clear sky both the D&S coaches* and C&TS #489 appear just slightly too blue (a least to my tired old eyes). The CRRM paint in the 2nd-to-last photo above looks spot-on to me, so I presume it is a true enamel reproduction, rather than the slightly more reflective urethane created by the D&S.
* See John West's beautiful photo at [
chasingtrains.smugmug.com]
Edited 7 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/2017 05:27PM by Russo Loco.