Re: "Progress" (?) in Loco Design and Decoration . . .
| January 07, 2020 02:13PM |
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Earl Wrote:
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> . . . BTW the Indiana Jones gang want to rename
> the railroad the "PUEBLO & DURANGO" railroad.
> We raised a big stink about that. They agreed with
> our "Pueblo & Chama" idea.
TonyK375 Wrote:
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> 484 as Pueblo & Chama. Photo given to me
> by Brian Glynn {photo attached}
Tomstp Wrote:
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> And, all that red: UGH.
UGH! is right, Tom -
That's even more Ugh-Yew-Lee than #483's Hollyweird make-up for either the freight version (Grand Mountain RR Line #550):
Photo copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
. . . or the better-known bright-red-counterweights passenger version (GMRR #577) for her roll(s) in The Good Guys and the Bad Guys:
Photo copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
IMHO, the inspiration for the latter was V&T Inyo — as likely viewed in Carson City by a director obsessed with colour but oblivious to histœrical accuracy and the differences between locomotives of the 1880s and those of the 1920s. Note the bright red drivers and maroon cab, domes & tender in the photo below:
Photo copyright © Mr. Bodie California - All Rights Reserved.
How can colours which look so good on Inyo look so utterly horrible on D&RGW #483?? Only 'The Phantom' knows . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2020 09:01AM by Russo Loco.
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> . . . BTW the Indiana Jones gang want to rename
> the railroad the "PUEBLO & DURANGO" railroad.
> We raised a big stink about that. They agreed with
> our "Pueblo & Chama" idea.
TonyK375 Wrote:
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> 484 as Pueblo & Chama. Photo given to me
> by Brian Glynn {photo attached}
Tomstp Wrote:
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> And, all that red: UGH.
UGH! is right, Tom -
That's even more Ugh-Yew-Lee than #483's Hollyweird make-up for either the freight version (Grand Mountain RR Line #550):
Photo copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
. . . or the better-known bright-red-counterweights passenger version (GMRR #577) for her roll(s) in The Good Guys and the Bad Guys:
Photo copyright © 1968, 2013 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.
IMHO, the inspiration for the latter was V&T Inyo — as likely viewed in Carson City by a director obsessed with colour but oblivious to histœrical accuracy and the differences between locomotives of the 1880s and those of the 1920s. Note the bright red drivers and maroon cab, domes & tender in the photo below:
Photo copyright © Mr. Bodie California - All Rights Reserved.
How can colours which look so good on Inyo look so utterly horrible on D&RGW #483?? Only 'The Phantom' knows . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2020 09:01AM by Russo Loco.
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