Re: What the C&TS tenders actually looked like in the "Olden Days"

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> And if you are going to letter them C&TS why not
> do one with the tri-color herald like Ernie did on
> the first engine . . .  maybe that's what you are
> referring to Russ.  One like that would be nice,
> and one or two Rio Grande would be nice.  We
> have the 40's style I think on 463, unless it now
> has flying Rio Grande . . . don't recall that one.
> Anyway lots of options for historically correct
> D&RGW and C&TS. Probably good to have
> both in a historically accurate era spanning
> two railroads, but with the same engines!!


Ernie's original four inch tall "CUMBRES AND TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD" lettering and herald were monochrome, Greg -

. . . and SFAIK remained that way for at least the first few years of the C&TS.  Here's #483 on Day One as Ernie applied his talent,
and again in late March of 1973 as Richard Braden and his fireman apply some muscle toward keeping #483 from dying of thirst:


By late September of 1975 at least one engine had a tri-color herald, and one was sporting an RGS-style "sunrise" logo:


When Scott Turner caught this beautiful portrait of #488 sitting outside the engine house in Chama in 1979, the 4" lettering had been replaced with more elegant & historic 6" tall letters and a couple of the words abbreviated so the name of the railroad would still fit on the tender:


The above shot of #488 shows my all-time favorite tender lettering and I'd love to see her dressed that way again — and #484 with the flying Rio Grande logo.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/2021 07:49PM by Russo Loco.