John West Wrote:
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> I can see an interesting debate with regard to the
> historic passenger fleet. A recreation of the
> 1930-40-50 era San Juan seems to have a number of
> supporters (including me). But a good portion of
> the historic fleet represents an earlier era, and
> I'm not sure there is enough equipment to do both
> accurately, in terms of a trainset. But these are
> all good options, it is just a matter of sorting
> things out for the best result.
I am focusing on the 1940 (+/-1) era for my On3 3rd Division collection, and I'm an aficionado of historical photos from this period showing mixed lettering styles. In another variation, many D&RGW freight cars at this time had numbers-only, no heralds, particularly out west on the RGS. And of course the RGS itself had a lettering transition at this time, with the sunset herald appearing on geese/cabeese in 1940 and loco tenders by 1941.
The many recent excursions with 315/463 have fit nicely into this "1940ish" scenario, when mixed lettering was historically plausible. I'm delighted to see cars lettered for different eras, but in general I like 1940 as a default concept for C&TS, because it keeps both the Moffat-herald, Flying-RG, and numbers-only schemes credible on the same trainset.