Re: Faux 483's Whistle in 2010 . . .

Jack Spencer Wrote:
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> 488 had a Lukenheimer 3-chime as fitted to 483
> in the 60s last year.  She carried it for about a
> month, then the old 5-chime {was} put back on

D&RGW Chase Wrote:
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> The Lunkenheimer on 488 was mine. I bought it
> intending to recreate the one on 487 in the 60's
> that was mounted on a D&RGW bowl, but the
> shop foreman was not interested in re-creating
> history.  So, incorrectly, it went to 488 painted
> as 483 and gave a mis-interpretation during the
> 50 year anniversary photo train.


Jack, Chase, et al -

A comment:
It was #487, not #488, that we ne'er-do-wells painted up grotesqueified in 2010 to stand in for #483 circa September, 1970, for the 40th Anniversary commemoration of the arrival of he first C&TS train to enter Chama.  See [ngdiscussion.net] et sq. for photos; Jason Rose's video of the re-enactment train is at [ngdiscussion.net]).  My daughter Cindy, whom I had not seen for several months, arrived in Chama for the celebration late one evening and on her way to meet me at breakfast the next day spotted the Faux 483.  Her first words to me were not "Hi, Daddy!" but "WHAT did you DO to that POOR Locomotive!!"

John Bush is planning to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the C&TS (and 130th anniversary of the arrival of the D&RGW to Cumbres Pass and Chama) with a wide variety of special events next year.

. . . and a question:
Does the name of the whistle manufacturer mentioned above include one 'n' or two??   (see highlighted spellings, above.)

- Roosso



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/2019 03:31PM by Russo Loco.