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My lord, it's a miracle.

None of that 21st Century nonsense.

KL



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/13 17:44 by nathansixchime.

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Powerful statement, Nathan....

I don't think the railfan community can thank the Fort Wayne group enough for saving 765, and then not only saving her but then going and running her all across the East! Thank You FWRHS!

Nice shot, Kelly!!!

What? She had achieved railfan perfection...

I'd MUCH rather hope to be seeing her this weekend on the mountain. I'll take diesels, "wrong" number boards, or any paint job anybody plans to put on her.

When we do photo charters, we prefer backdating the engine just a little
bit further back.

/Mitch

"Hey, look! Historically accurate, authentic lettering and weathering, no diesel behind! Just as the railroad intended."

No need to wait.

That would pretty much describe Cumbres & Toltec's recently restored #463 as shown in the photos incorporated into this thread.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,3080236



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/13 19:43 by RuleG.

Good one nathansixchime. You're right!

Well for starters, where's the gyro-light? The lettering looks like it's in the wrong font and that clutter where you spotted it is obscuring my shot of the running gear....

Cheers, Dave

Are they still excavating parts from that bone yard? Great to know the engine was saved. Hope the show goes on for ever!

Just for the sake of total honesty, I pretty sure the loco pictured is actually #767 which swapped identities with #765 before #765 became a park engine and #767 became razor blades. Kelly's point is still totally valid though.

Spot on. We chose to use this image as the last in our new book because it paints an image of "what could have been."

It's worth seeing that the railroad did go to the lengths to renumber 767 to second 765, which means the number swap was denoted on the company books. We had a gentlemen years ago who accused us of trying to fool people into thinking it was the 765, as he had seen the 765 scrapped. As far as the Nickel Plate was concerned, it was.

A chilling image nonetheless.

Thanks.

KL

RuleG Wrote:
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> "Hey, look! Historically accurate, authentic
> lettering and weathering, no diesel behind! Just
> as the railroad intended."
>
> No need to wait.
>
> That would pretty much describe Cumbres & Toltec's
> recently restored #463 as shown in the photos
> incorporated into this thread.
>
> http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,
> 3080236


But one of the problems with CATS and D&S (and especially Cass) is that the track is way too good to be prototypicaly correct. I want historically accurate broken rails, derailments, etc.