> Les,
> The change in the location of 4960's
> headlight was the result of a little
> misadventure she suffered while enroute to
> Casper, WY, and a date with an air gun
> filled with gold paint. In mid to late
> October 1963 she was sent to Casper to help
> celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
> Burlington's arrival in Casper. This was the
> first and only time for her to get the gold
> paint treatment (although they did not do
> the drivers on her as 5632 had done to her,
> twice). Anyway, while moving to Casper, she
> ran into the rear of a secondary
> "Q" passenger train. I remember
> the photo in Trains Magazine with her face
> buried in the diaphram of a "Q"
> heavyweight coach. Obviously, her headlight
> bracket was damaged and the
> "make-shift" platform with the 45
> degree supports was installed. This incident
> and repair job left the headlight also a
> little too high on the front of her
> smokebox. She remained with this face until
> Robert Franzen molded her in the Grand
> Canyon image many years later.

> Don C.

Don:

Thanks for the info. Now that you mention it, I seem to recall that photo in TRAINS of the 4960 with her face in the rear of the passenger car. What we need to do is to get someone to post on RyPN, all three front ends side by side; Q/"C&S"/GC. Just for the record.

BTW, eagerly awaiting the results of your upcoming GC visit.

Les



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