> Regarding the Heralds you found:
>
> How thrilling to have come across such a historic piece of the Burlington
> Route. I remember visiting the Illinoise RR Museum in 1997 (I think) when
> the volunteers were in the process of restoring way car BN 10343 to it's
> form CB&Q glory. (see pics, below) As I chatted with the on-site
> workers, I asked them how they were going to reproduce the square
> "Burlington Route" herald. They replied that they had no idea except to
> try to reconstruct it by hand from pictures since they didn't have access
> to any surviving examples, at that time, to copy. How beneficial it would
> have been for them to have had anything like the Herald you found, that
> day. But, considering what they had to work with, it looks like they did a
> great job, anyway. -Val
>
>
> [Image]
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> "John C. Jacobs" wrote:
>
>> I also have on of the same plates. Mine came off a older BN covered
>> hopper
>> car that was showing it's Q colors thru the green paint. I also have one
>> of
>> the big Q heralds that were bolted to the side of the cars. Saw a large
>> sheet of metal in our railyards at work (BASF Corp, formerly Cyanamid at
>> South River MO) when I finally stopped to flip the thing over (Had run
>> over
>> it numerous times with a flail mower). Low and behold it was a Burlington
>>
>> Route herald in relatively good shape which now awaits complete
>> restoration
>> in my back shed.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John C. Jacobs
>>
>>
>>
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