Histoeric C&TS K-36 Tender Logos & Lettering . . .

Jim McKee Wrote (approximately, on another thread):
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> Now that the 489 is an oil burner, perhaps another try
> should be made at giving it {her} a green boiler {jacket}.


Sounds like a great suggestion to me, Jim -    

Of course to be histœrically correct she should have the flying Rio Grande logo on her tender behind, like this:

. . . but with a slightly darker and more olive jacket — like #491 was given at the CRRM.   (For further information see [ngdiscussion.net], [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net].)

For the sake of illustrating the colorful history of K-36s on the C&TS, I'll suggest that #488 should be lettered á lá Knoob, as in this beautiful shot by Scott Turner:


Meanwhile, IMHO #487 should continue to carry the flying Cumbres & Toltec logo that IIRC she's wearing today (but with a more histöric '4' on her butt):


. . . and #484 – especially since she'll (hopefully) be the star of the 'Rattler Redux' 50^th Anniversary charters planned for late October this year – should be painted exactly as Ernie Robart lettered her (and #483) in 1972:


In addition to the K-36s, IMHO #463 should continue to honor the pre-1940 'DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN' (with herald) style, while #168 (and presumably #425) should remain as a matched road-engine-and-helper pair carrying the large faux-gold post-Edwardian D&RG tender numbers they wore briefly during the Iron Horse Roundup last year.

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



Edited 9 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/2022 11:58PM by Russo Loco.