Casey Akin Wrote:
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> It appears the Flying Grande is backwards
> on the Fireman's side
. . .
>
> neat to see this lettered Rio Grande tho!!
tomc Wrote:
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> Casey, that is the way it was towards the
> end when the other stencil became lost
> or unusable.
IIRC it was actually the other way 'round, Tom -
Maybe the paint crew in Durango is trying to balance out the error of sixty-some years ago
. . .
There were at least three engines in the early and mid 1960s which had fireman's-side stencils used on the engineer's side of the tenders
: #487, #497 and one other that I can't remember right now. See [
ngdiscussion.net] for a famous Jim Shaughnessy photo that helped inspire an infamous song.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Added at 4:45 PDT
: For further information see the thread, the whole thread, and nothing but the thread starting at [
ngdiscussion.net].
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/31/2021 05:45PM by Russo Loco.