Re: Love the engine number on Elkton's smoke box door.

Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> davidtltc Wrote:
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> > One year, from an old slide that I have veiwed
> on
> > ebay, 315 was colored an odd shade of green. is
> > there any thought of painting her boiler sheets
> a
> > different color?  I'm not against black,
> I'm just won-
> > dering?  Sure would be easier for Russo to
> paint
> > a C-class rather than a K-class locomotive.
>
>
> Sorry, David -
>
> FYI, in spite of accusations and insinuations (see
> [ngdiscussion.net])
> , Roosso has NEVER painted the jacket of any
> locomotives green.  In fact, SFAIK, Roosso
> has never painted ANY locomotive any color
> whatsoever other than HO scale models, and only
> one of them – a RoundHouse 4-6-0 –
> green.  The jacket of C&TS #489 (lettered for
> the Rio Grande at the time) was painted
> D&RGW dark olive (Moffat) green in May of 2010,
> but this was done by a professional artist, highly
> skilled in the use of an air brush to paint
> locomotives (see
> [ngdiscussion.net],
> 158617 and
> [ngdiscussion.net],
> 158655).  No one in his right mind would let
> Roosso anywhere near a steam locomotive – or
> even a diseasel – while in possession of
> paint, crayons, or even chalk.
>
> - Sincerely, Willie  (Wm.
> Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)  
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> p.s.  See page 'xx' of the introduction to
> George Niederauer's tome 'Locomotive 315'
> for a painting by Jeff Ellingson of Florence &
> Cripple Creek locomotive #3, the Elkton, in her
> original green livery.  (F&CC #3 later became
> D&RG #425 and then D&RGW #315.)  Lift said
> volume carefully – I aggravated a
> pre-existing hernia in the course of doing
> research a few minutes ago.

Very good thank you I do have a copy of that bible.

Still a Student,

Dave