Re: Painting #114 for the C&TS: DON'T Mislead the Public . . . 
| November 16, 2023 05:00PM |
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Steve Forney Wrote:
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> Seems to me that the C&TS already has diesels
> on the property painted in black and orange "Rio
> Grande©" colors. I don't think many people mis-
> take them for steam engines. (If I am mistaken,
> can someone please correct my "foamer" ignor-
> ance.)
Speaking from experience, Steve -
When I was on "sore throat watch" with the American Freedom Train (a combination of light hostling & heavy p.r. duty)* – talking to folks who came up the ramp to get a look into the cab of gently hissing red-white-&-Pepsi-blue #4449 – I don't think a single day went by without at least one person asking, "Is this a diesel?". I think Willie's concern here is not that people mistake #114 for a steam locomotive but that they mistake it for something histörical to the D&RGW whose histœry the C&TS is obligated by its Charter to accurately preserve and present to the public — 98% of whom are not foamers.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
p.s. IIRC, at least one poor soul, not really even a foamer, whose only railroad experience apparently was with a model train as a kid, wanted to know how we hid the worm gear so well . . .
* See [ngdiscussion.net]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/2023 05:52PM by Russo Loco.
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> Seems to me that the C&TS already has diesels
> on the property painted in black and orange "Rio
> Grande©" colors. I don't think many people mis-
> take them for steam engines. (If I am mistaken,
> can someone please correct my "foamer" ignor-
> ance.)
Speaking from experience, Steve -
When I was on "sore throat watch" with the American Freedom Train (a combination of light hostling & heavy p.r. duty)* – talking to folks who came up the ramp to get a look into the cab of gently hissing red-white-&-Pepsi-blue #4449 – I don't think a single day went by without at least one person asking, "Is this a diesel?". I think Willie's concern here is not that people mistake #114 for a steam locomotive but that they mistake it for something histörical to the D&RGW whose histœry the C&TS is obligated by its Charter to accurately preserve and present to the public — 98% of whom are not foamers.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
p.s. IIRC, at least one poor soul, not really even a foamer, whose only railroad experience apparently was with a model train as a kid, wanted to know how we hid the worm gear so well . . .
* See [ngdiscussion.net]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/2023 05:52PM by Russo Loco.
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