Always hard to tell with black and white phots, to be sure. But if you look
closely at the photos in the gallery, especially ...
http://www.burlingtonroute.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=47
... it appears there is a slight difference in the color of herald's ouside
border from the cab. Doesn't mean the herald had a red border. But possible.
Charlie or somebody who knows these things well probably can give a sounder
interpretation.
Jonathan
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--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "cvlk" <cvlk@...> wrote:
>
> I don't have a scan of a VO 1000 as delivered but I believe the original
> Black switcher scheme used Steam locomotive herald decals which had no Red
> border... just Black, White and Gold.
> The decals were made by Meyercord in Chicago. Years ago I contacted them to
> see if they had anything in their files and they said they did not. Sure
> would be nice to have copies of older L&P drawings for Heralds, Lettering,
> etc..!!!
> Charlie Vlk
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Manion
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:29 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Q VO-1000
>
>
>
> I am modeling D&RGW VO-660s with Stewart HO models, but I also have some
> VO-1000 models. I have one painted as Q #9365 and an undecorated model.
> I happened to be looking through the BRHS web site tonight and noticed
> several B&W photos of #9352 apparently as delivered in Dec 1943. It
> appears to be black with white lettering. Burlington Route herald on the
> cab sides does appear to be a white and red box. "Everywhere West"
> and "Way of the Zephyrs" are on both sides of the hood with CB&Q and the
> number above the rear cab windows. There was no striping on this simple
> scheme. Was the unit painted black and was the lettering white? Was the
> herald white striping outlined in red with white lettering inside? How
> long did this paint scheme last on the Q? I model the late 1940s. Also,
> it appears that many, if not all, of the VO-1000s received the four exhaust
> stacks on the hood. When did the four stacks begin to appear and did they
> last to the end of VO-1000 service? As I model D&RGW diesels, I am also
> interested in CB&Q and C&S diesels and model them. This paint scheme seems
> unusual and very striking.
> - John Manion
>
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