Yes I am sure - some of the cars are lettered with BNSF Railway, not around
when the Q was.... The other lettering looks new as well. I've been riding
the Burlington since 1986 so I'm pretty familiar with the cars. Also the sheet
steel covering the old lettering is still in place. Finally, more cars are
appearing with the Burlington lettering. It may not be official but it is
becoming more prevalent, which is nice. :-)
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "MIKE" <mactach@...> wrote:
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> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Michael Matalis <mmatalis@> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Mike M
> > Downers Grove IL
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > > 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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> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
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