Re: C&TSRR Test Locomotive 489 To Cumbres.
| July 27, 2021 01:28PM |
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Roger Hogan Wrote:
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> Monday July 19, 2021 she pulled 8 cars to Cumbres
> pass and then returned to Chama. IMHO she looked
> and sounded GREAT.
She does sound nice and square, Roger -
But IMHO the cab numbers could be spaced out better, like they were in the "olden days". (See Earl's photo of #488 at [ngdiscussion.net].)
At least the "nose" of the '4' looks 'histœrically correct' now, unlike eleven years ago:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/2021 05:34PM by Russo Loco.
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> Monday July 19, 2021 she pulled 8 cars to Cumbres
> pass and then returned to Chama. IMHO she looked
> and sounded GREAT.
She does sound nice and square, Roger -
But IMHO the cab numbers could be spaced out better, like they were in the "olden days". (See Earl's photo of #488 at [ngdiscussion.net].)
At least the "nose" of the '4' looks 'histœrically correct' now, unlike eleven years ago:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/2021 05:34PM by Russo Loco.
| Subject | Author | Posted |
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Roger Hogan | July 24, 2021 05:15AM |
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Russo Loco | July 27, 2021 01:28PM |
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Roger Hogan | July 27, 2021 02:49PM |
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Russo Loco | July 27, 2021 05:32PM |
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Roger Hogan | July 27, 2021 07:22PM |
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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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