Herb Kelsey Wrote:
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> Remember, 340 was used for an excursion through
> the Black Canyon in '48. Lots of "different" paint-
> work often preceded those trips –
489's green
>
boiler for a RMRRC trip in '51 ('49?) . . .
Split the difference, Herb -
That was in May, 1950 — the ONLY time that a
Rio Grande K-36 is KNOWN to have had a dark olive ('Moffat') green boiler jacket. (See [
ngdiscussion.net].)
I
vaguely remember reading a long, long time ago that #4
99 was tarted up with a green jacket for a Rocky Club trip in 1949, but have never seen any proof.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender