Re: 493 in a different life

Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> That jacket looks awfully shiny, Rich -
> It wasn't Green, was it???    

drgwk37 Wrote:
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> I doubt it, check this out at about 1:35.
> Probably looked like 491 did in this film.


Not to worry, William -

It's just Willie getting impatient.  After all, it was already April First in Odds-Trail-Ya & Gnu Zeal-land* when he posted last night (see [ngdiscussion.net] and follow the link thereon).

IIRC, although according to careful research by the team at the Colorado RR Museum the K-37's left Burnham Shops in 1928 & 1930 with Moffat Green jackets on their boilers, cylinders & air pumps, they were not wearing flying Rio Grande logos on their tenders — the latter weren't applied until 1940-41, when – SFAIK – the jackets were – sadly – no longer green.  

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender

*  Per my Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 'zeal' is the "eager and ardent interest in the pursuit of something", so I would presume from the above that Kiwis eagerly and ardently pursue Wildebeests, except that the latter are native to Africa rather than the western Antipœdies . . .



Edited 7 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2019 04:37PM by Russo Loco.