December 25, 2019 11:21AM
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Dirk Ramsey Wrote:
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> So what? History shows that it was green for a
> while, then black for most of its existence. This
> topic has been beaten into the ground way too
> deep for way too long. Of course we could paint
> it purple. Then our decedents would have some-
> thing to squawk about.
And our descendants, too -
But speaking of the deceased, is there a morgue (IIRC, that's what newspapers call their archives) from the Rocky Mountain News circa 1928 when the first of the K-37s was shipped from Burnham Shops to Salida or Alamosa? I would be VERY surprised if the D&RGW had allowed an event that they were clearly quite proud of – building ten brand-new locomotives (except for the boilers) entirely in Denver –
and that there would have been a public event to show off them off, especially the first one, which the Rocky Mountain News would surely have covered (railroad news being big in those days, probably warranting its own regular reporter). It's very hard for me to imagine that #490 was shipped off in the dead of night without a lot of fanfare, just as it is very hard for me to imagine that she was not dolled up, just as was #497 two years later,
"Resplendent in green boiler jacket, graphite gray smoke box, aluminum leaf lettering and black trim . . ." as noted on page 27 of
Otto Perry's Railroad Pilgrimage by Dell McCoy. (See [
ngdiscussion.net] for a photo and further information.)
- Sincerely,
Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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