Re: C&TS special lettering by a famous artist

Russo Loco Wrote:

Gotcha
I'm not a lawyer but I played one in a school play. I was careful in the wording, "The last iteration of the D&RG on the mentioned route". Ownership is another conversation


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> Rich Murray Wrote:
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>
> > Besides brand ID, this year the C&TS started
> > it's 48th year of continuous operations, which
> > will make it the longest operating entity
> over
> > the route from Antonito to Chama.
>
> Eddy Sand Wrote:
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>
> > ???   1880 - 1970 = 90 years
>
> Rich Murray Wrote:
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>
> > The last iteration of the D&RG on the men-
> > tioned route was the reorganized (from bank-
> > ruptcy) D&RGW, which ran from July 1921
> > to Dec 1968 — 47 years, 5 months.
>
>
> To further clarify the situation (or muddy the
> waters), here are the operators of the line from
> Antonito to Cumbres –
> D&RG:    Dec. 1880 - July 1921 =
> 40 years, 7 months
> D&RGW:  July 1921 - Dec. 1968 = 47
> years, 5 months *
> C&TS:    Sept. 1970 - March 2018
> = 47 years, 6 months *
>
> * Although the D&RGW last operated over
> Cumbres Pass on Dec. 6, 1968 (when #483 returned
> from Chama to Alamosa with one caboose),
> the ownership wasn't transferred to the
> bi-state commission until sometime in 1970 (July,
> IIRC).  True, the first train of cars & locos
> was de-
> livered from the D&RGW to the C&TS on September 1,
> 1970, but the last two figures might more
> accurately be given (per ownership) as –
> D&RGW:  July 1921 - July 1970 = 49
> years
> C&TS:     July 1970 - March 2018
> = 47 years, 8 months
>
> Which means the C&TS still has sixteen months to
> go before catching up to the D&RGW as longest
> owner of the Narrow Gauge Over
> Cumbres.  OTOH, K-36's #483, #484, #487,
> #488 and #489 have already been owned & operated
> by the C&TS longer than they were owned & operated
> by the D&RGW.
>
> - Roosso
>
> p.s.  See the long thread beginning at
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> for descriptions and photos of C&TS operations
> during September & October of 1970.
> pps.  Was that first forty years divided
> between the D&RG Railway and the D&RG
> Railroad at some point??