Re: Green Jackets redux - (Again) . . .

Russo Loco Wrote:
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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.
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> 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?
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> The last guy to put green paint on the jacket of a
> D&S engine was the D&S's own Jeff Ellingson, Chris
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> See
> [ngdiscussion.net]
> 70033.  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!    

Sounds fun but 499 never had a green boiler, it was black on the 1949 trip.

William
aka drgwk37