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Subject: [CBQ] Suburban Service Information WasRe: Heavy Weight ???'s
From: "Ed DeRouin" <Ed@pixelspublishing.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:38:24 -0000
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--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, rgortowski@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/23/2006 11:56:32 AM Central Standard Time, 
> cvlk@... writes:
> AFAIK the Ribbon Style lettering was used for the rebuilds of the Suburban 
> Service coaches, so the first application is a little earlier than 1951... 
> 1950 or maybe even 1949??  I don't have any material that pinpoints exactly 
> when the power cars were built and the coaches air-conditioned and 
> vestibuled, but it would be in time for the introduction of the Bilevels.
> Oh, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie...
> 
> Of course you have a source that pinpoints the conversions.  Look in your 
> "Burlington Passenger Car Roster" by Glick on pages 95 - 97.  Look at the 
> 7100 
> series coaches and look at the "Date Rebuilt" column.  This is when the 
> coaches 
> came out with the new Suburban Service look.  The earliest one I see is from 
> January 1949 and it looks like they did about two a month.  Also page 35 of 
> "Burlington Route Across the Heartland" (what a great compilation of 
> photos!!) 
> has one of the cars wearing the new scheme in 10/49.
> 
> Rich Gortowski
> 
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