C&O Kanawha #2732 Repaint Request

Howdy, folks. I've just recently had an opportunity to stand near and examine (while delivering a reassuring pat on the cab) the C&O Kanawha stashed at Parker Field in Richmond, Virginia.<1> Inasmuch as I like having locomotives that I've actually touched, I'm curious as to the following:Would the original creator of the C&O Berkshire pack be willing to repaint his most-excellent locomotive for road number 2732? I'd post picture URLs, but the bloody software seems bent on including the picture, not the URL. I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks for reading!<1> Along with it is a shabby-looking RF&P passenger coach from way back when; it looks salvageable, as does #2732. I believe the Science Museum of Virginia has obtained title to the locomotive, but I haven't a clue as to what the fate of the railroad depot or the passenger coach will be. Reports indicate that a caboose was there at one point (RF&P, I think) but I saw no sign of it. I think, however, that I did see an additional blank stretch of concrete-embedded rail, however.

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RE: C&O Kanawha #2732 Repaint Request, NW_611, Mar-18-03, 04:11 PM, (1) RE: C&O Kanawha #2732 Repaint Request, dadbill, Mar-19-03, 01:49 AM, (2) RE: C&O Kanawha #2732 Repaint Request, NW_611, Mar-19-03, 02:07 AM, (3) RE: C&O Kanawha #2732 Repaint Request, dadbill, Mar-19-03, 03:27 AM, (4) RE: C&O Kanawha #2732 Repaint Request, NW_611, Mar-19-03, 04:43 PM, (5) RE: C&O Kanawha #2732 Repaint Request, dadbill, Mar-19-03, 08:39 PM, (6)

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Upon research, the RF&P caboose still exists, and it's in the hands of a private citizen. Russ Dolbear has purchased the caboose from the City of Richmond. He is having it hauled to Chester, Va.Russ writes:I purchased the red wood sided caboose in Richmond and it will be hauled to my property in Chester, Va. next week. The county will not let me use it as an office, storage facility, or commercial income producing item. The only thing acceptable to the zoning ordinances in my (agricultural zoned) residential neighborhood is to use it as a recreational facility. Therefore, officially it will be a playhouse for my grandchildren. I had to pay $1275.00 just to ask permission to the county board of supervisors to place it. No guarantee they would say yes. But they did. I sought and recieved permission from all surrounding neighbors within a 3 house radius, contacted the crane company and will pay them $4500.00 to move it to Chester. The Richmond Travelland will be made into a parking lot within a couple to three years. The C&O locomotive there will be going to the Science Museum in Richmond. The RF&P Business (wood, steel covered) car is in jeopardy of being scrapped. It is a unique peice of equipment and we need to spread the word to try to find the funds to save it. The Old Dominion Chapter of the NRHS is interested in having it moved to our Hallsboro yard, but we lack the funds to achieve it. Any ideas? Thanks for all you do. Cordially, Russ Dolbear new (old ) caboose owner.Shamelessly copied from http://www.trainweb.org/rf&p/society/news/Interesting.

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Sure I could, but the headlight will be in the wrong place.http://www.steamlocomotive.com/berkshire/

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That's OK. I've just gotten finished with racing 2716 to 78MPH sustained on the stock NEC while hauling a load of PRR coaches and assorted passenger support stuff, and I'm never going to worry about a misplaced headlight. Besides, maybe one of the NALW people will take pity on me and relocate the thing properly. You and the NALW boys have done good work on this. I'm very pleased to have this locomotive to race about with. Thank you for your time.

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Posting now.

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I've got it, and I'll be testing it out later tonight. Thank you very much for your quick response, your kind action, and willingness to accomodate a singular individual's request for a repaint.You er, couldn't suggest any coaches to use with the thing, or a default C&O consist, could you?

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If you want to run C&O passenger stuff, you can use the C&O FP7 passenger train from January last year, streamlined lightweights or there also is a heavyweight coach in the file library. do a 'search files' and type in either C&O or Chesapeake and Ohio, each will get you different sets of results and a lot of stuff, and not all mine either, many excellent models by talented artists!
Here are just a few of my own:

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