Re: THE Photo of Ernie Robart and C&TS #483 - redux
| May 05, 2021 05:35PM |
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> GREAT Photo, Tank!
>
> Thank You for posting it!!
Thank you kindly, Russo, glad you liked it.
> IIRC, this well-known and oft-posted photo of
> Ernie completing the "ownership transfer" of #483
> from the Rio Grande to the CUMBRES AND
> TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD on September 1, 1970 caught
> him as he was filling in the gaps on his stenciled
> logo:
> IIRC, that stencil got plenty of use during
> September and October of 1970. I have no
> idea when (presumably not "if") Scenic Railways
> developed their own "official" version of the logo
> and means for applying it to the rolling stock.
AFAIK, by the time of the Oct. 4 1970 Antonito-Chama excursion, it had been applied to 483, 0503, and 04982. It will take some research to see when the herald was changed. In the meantime, here is 484 departing Osier on June 27, 1971 with the second C&TS passenger train (the press excursion). 484's shiny new paint job clearly has the original 1970 herald (these early trains still had lots of people riding in non-standard places, it looks like John Oldberg is standing on the left by the doghouse):
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> GREAT Photo, Tank!
>
> Thank You for posting it!!
Thank you kindly, Russo, glad you liked it.
> IIRC, this well-known and oft-posted photo of
> Ernie completing the "ownership transfer" of #483
> from the Rio Grande to the CUMBRES AND
> TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD on September 1, 1970 caught
> him as he was filling in the gaps on his stenciled
> logo:
> IIRC, that stencil got plenty of use during
> September and October of 1970. I have no
> idea when (presumably not "if") Scenic Railways
> developed their own "official" version of the logo
> and means for applying it to the rolling stock.
AFAIK, by the time of the Oct. 4 1970 Antonito-Chama excursion, it had been applied to 483, 0503, and 04982. It will take some research to see when the herald was changed. In the meantime, here is 484 departing Osier on June 27, 1971 with the second C&TS passenger train (the press excursion). 484's shiny new paint job clearly has the original 1970 herald (these early trains still had lots of people riding in non-standard places, it looks like John Oldberg is standing on the left by the doghouse):
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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