Shavano479 Wrote:
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> 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&R-
> GW 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 gen-
> eral I like 1940 as a default concept for C&TS,
> because it keeps both the Moffat-herald {and}
> Flying-RG, and numbers-only schemes credible
> on the same trainset.
I'll second that motion!! (Assuming that Lafayette Hughes had applied the GRAMP
S logo to "his" tank cars by then.)
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
p.s. Is it too far-fetched to suggest that some "generic" pieces such as boxcars be painted with the older herald on one side and the newer
Rio Grande on the other, and cars turned on the wye so that all of one or all of the other are on the "sunny side" of the train according to which era is desired by the group sponsoring a given charter?