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Re: [CBQ] CB&Q's centennial

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q's centennial
From: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:15:52 -0600
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Gerald,  From my understanding, the 1849 date was the beginning of the  
Hannibal and St Joseph RR and the Q always touted it as the earliest  
of the many rrs that made up their harem.
On Feb 11, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Gerald Edgar wrote:

>
> Two recent exchanges off list gave me the idea to share something a  
> few of you may be unaware of; i.e. what & why is the Burlington's  
> "birthday"?
>
> For 90 plus years, corporate felt it was 1850 as that was when the  
> first track was laid from Turner Jct (now West Chicago) toward  
> Aurora. IL and trains operated. Indeed publications were issued and  
> other 'collectibles' provided denoting the 50th, 75th & 90th  
> anniversary years (1900, 1925 & 1940) The latter year is most  
> commonly found in terms of collectibles as Richard Overton, already  
> compiling his massive history's of the Burlington was commissioned  
> to provide a summary history of the Burlington: "The First 90 Years"  
> as a handout to Emps and the public in 1940. The country was pulling  
> out of the Depression due to the build up of defense production,  
> Zephyrs were a great success, etc. When you think about it, not a  
> lot of companies make a big deal out of a 90th Birthday but the  
> Burlington did. However in 1946 or "47 when it was learned a  
> national Railroad Fair would be celebrated in Chicago in 1949, the  
> Burlington reconsidered its 'founding' date by backdating a year to  
> 1849 when the Aurora Branch was incorporated*. Thus the 90th  
> anniversary promotions and the subsequent centennial promotions  
> (special timetables, etc) are only 9, NOT 10, yrs apart! As the late  
> Paul Harvey would say; 'now you know the rest of the story'. (this  
> change of 'anniversaries' is also noted in Annual Reports as  
> milestones are usually noted; especially as former competitors fell  
> by the wayside, were absorbed by other roads or went into  
> bankruptcy: Milw, Rock, etc) Only a guess but I would think Mgt felt  
> it better to be able to say 'the Burlington is a 100 yrs old' in  
> press releases etc when so much focus was on RR'ing during the RR  
> Fair in "49 than to wait til 1950. It also gave them more of a  
> history lead on some competitors. There is a reason, obviously, why  
> corporations often tout how many decades they have been in business  
> as evidence of their stability and good management!
>
> *The Q could have considered alternate dates based on when other  
> components came into existence either by charter, incorporation or  
> track laying such as Hannibal & St. Joe, Northern Cross, etc. When  
> you are comprised of 206 railroads (some however 'paper' railroads  
> wholly conceived & owned by CB&Q from day 1), there are a lot of  
> birthdays!
> This year will be birthday 161 or 162 depending on 'charter' (1849)  
> vs' track laying/operating (1850) of the Aurora Branch. And  
> Burlington is still the first name or at least first initial in  
> American RR'ing! (if UP considers themselves bigger aka better  
> apparently Warren Buffett who lives in Omaha did not think so!)
>
> Gerald
>
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