Are you sure they just didn't remove the old lettering?
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Michael Matalis <mmatalis@...> wrote:
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> Yes, the lettering is new. For some reason not totally understood a
> few cars now sport the lettering. The story I've heard is that it's
> unofficial. If anyone knows better, please post because I'd like to
> know the story myself.
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> Mike M
> Downers Grove IL
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> See my photos and my ugly mug at:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/prairierailfan/sets/
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> On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:12 PM, o_rrman wrote:
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> > Those who yearn for the old CB&Q days may be interested in this
> > little flashback I experienced tonight.
> >
> > I thought I was seeing things on BNSF Metra commuter train 1259 when
> > I glanced up at the usually bare spot above the doors of the old 700
> > series car I was boarding and saw classic lettering that looked like
> > it was from the old CB&Q days. Lo and behold I discovered that two
> > cars in the train were lettered in the old 'Zephyr' font as follows:
> > Car 779 - "BNSF Railway", Car 742 - "Burlington". Given that one of
> > the cars referred to BNSF I am thinking that the lettering is new.
> > Another 700 series car on the train still had the blank spot so I am
> > not sure if the two cars were unique - lettered for a movie,
> > commercial or something - or if this is something that will be
> > applied (one can hope) to all of the old series cars.
> >
> > Either way it made me smile to see the old stainless steel fluted
> > cars lettered like the old days. I will try to get photos posted
> > but since it's dark in the morning and dark at night it may be a
> > while before I get a good shot.
> >
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