Re: Grande Idea

Greg:
I came in on this discussion late and almost regret reading it. I cannot speak for the D&S but I think the Friends and the Current RR operator care about the history. I remember last sping there was a question put to a group of us concerning the proper roof to put on the Chama depot which needs reroofing. The state of Colorado Historic guru questioned what roof was historically accurate so we did some research. The answer revolves around what color the walls and trim are painted and then what period you are trying to represent. WE decided that the Chama yard best represents the 50"s and later. Then the question was whether the paint scheme that is there was accurate for that period and after going through many books we decided that the gold and brown had been used. As it turned out the shingles theat HISTORICALLY go with the gold and brown are "Green Hex".
Unfortunately no one makes "Green Hex " shingles anymore so the whole exercise was a lost cause. The Clolrado Historical person has agreed that regular shingles will have to be use in the reroofing reguardless of what is historically acurate, just the way the history ball bounces.
By the way if any of you posters want to use up a little of your obvious energy they probably would apppreciate people next summer to re-roof the station. For that job we don't care how well you spell.
Frank