No wonder your confused! You're crossing SP with CB&Q! :)
CB&Q did not have a 'bloody nose' scheme. However, it did have quite a few
variants. I'll see if I can list them all...
Switchers - very early SW variants had black with white "Burlington" and
nothing more. Then came the 'Blackbird' schemes - (some older hoggers have
stated that nobody called them Blackbird back then)
This consisted of black base, grey top, and red-outlined gray striping at the
front. A solid band consisting of a red stripe over yellow went around the
running board. "Burlington", "Everywhere West" or "Way of the Zephyrs" would
appear on the side, depending on the year. In switchers, this scheme became
confusing as later variants did not have red or yellow stripes on the scheme at
all.
Freight - freight locomotives followed the switchers with the 'Blackbird'
scheme, but progressed on with the 'Chinese red' variant. This consisted of a
red base, with gray top and white stripes on the nose. No switchers were
painted in this variant, although one FW&D switcher was. "Burlington" was all
that was used on these locomotives. Finally, immediately prior to the merger,
some freight locomotives came out with a green base (not exactly BN green,
either), a black top, and a white 'hockey stick' down the side. This was the
final CB&Q scheme.
Passenger - passenger locomotives probably were the most consistent. Not
including the all-silver early Zephyrs (pre-E units), all passenger locos of
the E-units were silver with either black or red striping on the nose. Some
locos had a black triangular grill painted on the nose to simulate the look of
the early Zephyr locomotives.
F-units - again were very standard. All grey (grayback) with a longish-oval
red band across the front containing thin white stripes. Another red band ran
down the side. "Burlington" was always the side lettering. The "Burlington
Route" logo was blazoned on the center of the red band at the front. B-units
were gray and carried the red side band down. "Burlington" was found on them
as well.
Hope that helps!
Cheers!
Jan Kohl
Castle Graphics
www.castlegraphics.com
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On the subject of F Unites, and their various paint schemes,
specifically, the F-3's and F-7's.
I'll bet this has come up before, but I just can't work this out in my head,
simply put; what's the difference between a Gray-back, Faded and a Bloody Nose?
I know of at least five different paint schemes used by the CB&Q on their
diesel motive power during the Transition Era.
To red stripe or not.
Modeling based on Microscale Decal blueprints (87-90 Burlington F Unit Cabs),
only confused me more. They show a silver Bloody Nose A-B with the big red
stripe across the port-holes, but I've never seen a commercial version produced
like that or any pics from back-in-the-day, to support this scheme.
Even Walther's, seems to not have this sorted out --sometimes using the
various names interchangeably.
Love ta hear from someone who was actually there! Engineers, firemen,
brakemen and the like.
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