Re: "Phraud-O-Graph Spoiled by Spark Arrestor!" *

Wayne Hoskin Wrote:
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> Would the photo have been taken in
> the DRG&W era or early C&TS era?
> I presume it is Cresco tank.

drgwk37 Wrote:
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> It's C&TS era, the spark arrestor is
> the give-away.

Earl Wrote:
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> Charter train for Bill Peter, summer
> of 1977 or '78.  I think the first time
> an engine got re-lettered for a charter
> train.


If that's the case, Earl -

Wayne's photo should probably be placed in a museum as one of the oldest known examples of an attempted Phraud-O-Graph™ — even though the attempt was Spoiled by the Spark Arrestor.  As you pointed out a couple of years ago when you coined the term, a phully phool-proof Phraud-O-Graph is REALLY hard to come by!  It's a shame all that hard work re-lettering the tender was in vain!!

- Willie

*  Or, as The Villain in a melodrama always says when his nefarious plot goes awry, "Curses!  Spoiled Again . . . "