Re: "Ticket to Toltec"
| October 22, 2007 10:53PM |
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Right On! Ernie's lettering (or the 1979 variation), but with DARK green jacket, etc. - and #484 - as examples of the 1930's.
Especially if/when a replica "San Juan" is created ...
487, 488 & 489 should remain in the flying Cumbres & Toltec as examples, more-or-less, of later years ... but with maybe just a wee tad less aluminum trim than is currently in vogue.
( See [ngdiscussion.net] )
As to marketing, IMHO most non-railfans are going to see ads in Arizona Highways, Sunset*, the Auto Club news, etc., and will use the URL in the ad - or the phone number. I seriously doubt that the name on the tender makes much of a difference. Readers of (Classic) Trains most likely already know the name of the railroad, and don't need to be ed-ju-ma-cated.
Obviously, for photo freights, having several sets of magnetic D&RGW lettering from various eras is no big deal, and it's pretty hard to tell in your photos whether the lettering is painted-on or magnetic.
- El Curmudgeonito
* FYI, "Sunset" was originally a marketing publication of Southern Pacific Lines.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2007 11:10PM by Russo Loco.
Especially if/when a replica "San Juan" is created ...
487, 488 & 489 should remain in the flying Cumbres & Toltec as examples, more-or-less, of later years ... but with maybe just a wee tad less aluminum trim than is currently in vogue.
( See [ngdiscussion.net] )
As to marketing, IMHO most non-railfans are going to see ads in Arizona Highways, Sunset*, the Auto Club news, etc., and will use the URL in the ad - or the phone number. I seriously doubt that the name on the tender makes much of a difference. Readers of (Classic) Trains most likely already know the name of the railroad, and don't need to be ed-ju-ma-cated.
Obviously, for photo freights, having several sets of magnetic D&RGW lettering from various eras is no big deal, and it's pretty hard to tell in your photos whether the lettering is painted-on or magnetic.
- El Curmudgeonito
* FYI, "Sunset" was originally a marketing publication of Southern Pacific Lines.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2007 11:10PM by Russo Loco.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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