Re: Commemorative Locomotive for Colorado Railroad Museum

Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> While we're on the subject, Craig -
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> Are there any plans to acquire a DD-35 and
> name it "High Commander"?

HAICH OMANDIER Wrote:
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> Thanks for the honorable mention JB, but if your
> avatar Russo wants to paint it green, I will pass.
> There are some other seasoned citizen volunteers
> that have been there before me since the early
> days.   How about "Weird Kevin" or "Lonesome
> George"?  Don't make the naming posthumously.
> Bill Gould
> High Commander


No Way would I advocate painting a DD-35 green, Bill -

As stated MANY times previously – apparently to no avail – IMHO, the only locos who should be painted green are those which were so painted by the railroads which owned them — such as the K-37s when they first came out of Burnham shops in 1928 and '30.  And as to naming a loco in your honor, the committee would first have to decide whether to use the original moniker "High Commander", Willie's Irish variant "Haich O'Mannder", or your own Irish/French (Canadien?) version "Haich Omandier".  Knowing how long it generally takes typical committees to decide nearly anything of such momentous concern, such action is unlikely to occur humously . . .

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender