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Tank Smith

December 05, 2021 01:56PM

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That is some funky paint, even the classification is odd (the fireman's side is usually in the 12/68 photos because of the eastbound light), 481 was presumably painted 4-5 years earlier with the real stencils. I have thought that much of the variation with stencils happened when the blackouts were filled in freehand. Given how different locos came out I also wonder how much freehand they did when painting number boards where it likely would be hard to use stencils (like 483's very graceful look versus 497's huge unibrow).

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Durango, August 1971	Tank Smith	December 04, 2021 12:39PM
Re: Durango, August 1971	spieser	December 04, 2021 01:23PM
Re: Durango, August 1971	Kelly Anderson	December 04, 2021 01:35PM
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Re: Durango, August 1971	Earl	December 04, 2021 05:03PM
Re: Durango, August 1971	Tank Smith	December 04, 2021 09:56PM
Re: #473's funky '4' from '68 . . .	Russo Loco	December 05, 2021 01:40PM
Re: #473's funny '4' . . .	Tank Smith	December 05, 2021 01:56PM
. . . vs #478's normal numbers --	Russo Loco	December 06, 2021 05:50PM
Re: #478's normal numbers . . .	Tank Smith	December 06, 2021 06:52PM
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.