Re: Postcard From Como

Okay, I guess I should step in here since I was the one that suggested the name "Klondike Kate" in February 2017. Really I suggested the name to Kathy Brantigan more as a joke since she just bought the engine and its heritage was from the Klondike. So the name just "popped out" since I had heard the name before. At the time I was not thinking of the historical Klondike Kate from Dawson City. In fact, the Brantigan's didn't even know there was such a historical figure until more then a year later. I knew there was another engine out east that was named "Klondike Kate" at one time but the main difference was that KMRy #4 actually was in the Klondike while that other engine never was.

Like I said, I suggested the name to Kathy more as a joke but she liked it enough that it stuck and we ended up putting the lettering on its cab. Personally I'm still not that fond of the "name" since KMRy #4 never had a name in her past. But it seems to make people happy and its just paint.

Picture below is from our member "Colorado Zephyr" taken during Boreas Pass Railroad Day in Aug 2019