Re: Green Jackets redux - (Again) . . .
| June 23, 2018 06:46PM |
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narrowgaugejoe10 Wrote:
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> Very sad sight. Glad to see they covered up the
> back of the cabs to prevent unwanted visitors.
Chris Webster Wrote:
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> Boarding up the cabs is a good start, but won't
> keep green paint off the boilers. Anyone see
> Russo lately?
The last guy to put green paint on the jacket of a D&S engine was the D&S's own Jeff Ellingson, Chris -
See [ngdiscussion.net]. And I've been WAY too busy scanning some more of Ernie Robart's negatives to even think about celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the last time the D&RGW painted a jacket green* . . .
- Roosso
* #499 for a Rocky Club excursion in 1949, and #489 for a Rocky Club excursion in 1950, IIRC. If you can't wait 'til 2024, maybe you can talk Jeff into re-numbering #493 as #499 and using up the last of his Moffat Green paint for #499's 70th next year!
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> Very sad sight. Glad to see they covered up the
> back of the cabs to prevent unwanted visitors.
Chris Webster Wrote:
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> Boarding up the cabs is a good start, but won't
> keep green paint off the boilers. Anyone see
> Russo lately?
The last guy to put green paint on the jacket of a D&S engine was the D&S's own Jeff Ellingson, Chris -
See [ngdiscussion.net]. And I've been WAY too busy scanning some more of Ernie Robart's negatives to even think about celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the last time the D&RGW painted a jacket green* . . .
- Roosso
* #499 for a Rocky Club excursion in 1949, and #489 for a Rocky Club excursion in 1950, IIRC. If you can't wait 'til 2024, maybe you can talk Jeff into re-numbering #493 as #499 and using up the last of his Moffat Green paint for #499's 70th next year!
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