Remember folks the merger almost did happen in May of
'68. Timetables for employee's were printed and
distributed, including the Milw. Rd./Q joint St. Croix
Tower to St. Paul. I got mine from a Hiawatha
conductor later that month while riding to Winona(back
on the Q of-course).
--- lyle dowell <slyone@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> > What else was painted in pre-merger green?
> >
>
> Locomotives --- all the U23Cs, all the SD45s as
> you noted, and a
> single GP40. Neat bit on the GP40 I recently
> learned. It was repainted
> in green about 1-1/2 years before the merger, but it
> had the BN logo
> applied. Still carried 'BURLINGTON' name on the
> electrical cabinet
> doors, but had the BN logo in place on the cab side
> well ahead of the
> merger. An additional note on the green .... it is
> NOT cascade green,
> but a lighter green that closely resembles John
> Deere green. There are
> some good pictures of these in the new BN in Color
> Vol 2 book from
> Morning Sun.
>
> Lyle Dowell
>
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