HOL WAGNER wrote:
> Rupert:
>
> And Nolen beat me to the punch; I was going to tell you that 9768, after
> leaving its Colorado assignment between Sterling and Cheyenne, Wyo., was
> sent east to Galesburg, where the front end was repainted Pullman green
> and the Scotchlite Burlington Route heralds applied beneath the cab
> windows. It was then assigned to switching service in Peoria, where it
> replaced Midwest centercab 9123.
>
> Hol
>
> > Rupert & Maureen wrote:
> > Nolen has pointed out that Pullman green is a more logical colour
> for this
> > unit instead of black and I totally agree. My apologies.
> >
> > Rupert Gamlen
> > Auckland NZ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz
> <mailto:gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>>
> > To: "CBQ List" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 5:18 PM
> > Subject: [CBQ] Motor car herald
> >
> >
> >> Looking at Don Ross' "Don's Depot"
> >> (http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/indexcbq.htm) I was
> surprised to see
> >> a photo taken at Peoria in March 1967 of motor car 9768 in
> switching
> >> service with end foot boards. Whilst a number of motor cars
> ended their
> >> days on switching duty, this is the first photo I can recall of one
> >> sporting a Burlington Route herald on the side of the cab below the
> >> window. Whilst heralds were the norm on steam motive power, I
> can't
> >> recollect or find another photo of a motor car so adorned.
> >>
> >> Although it is a black & white photo, it appears that the unit
> no longer
> >> has the red and yellow cab but is painted just black, although
> the border
> >> of the herald looks to be lighter than the surrounding paint.
> >>
> >> Any others known?
> >>
> >> Rupert Gamlen
> >> Auckland NZ
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