The first switchers in what became known to fans as the blackbird scheme were
NW2 9203, turned out in April 1940, and SW1 9141, turned out the following
months. These units and the others in the same orders (9204 and 9142-9147)
featured very large Burlington Route heralds on their cabs and block gothic
numbers and reporting marks rather than Railroad Roman. These lasted only
until their first repainting. GE 44-tonner 9103, delivered in August 1940,
came in the earlier all-black scheme with Dulux gold lettering.
So the Pullman green scheme with red and yellow trim, used on Whitcomb 9120 and
Midwests 9121-9123, was outdated as of mid-1940, making the attached image of
9122 rather remarkable. Taken at Lincoln on May 19, 1952, some 12 years after
the Pullman green scheme was superseded, it shows the unit still painted in
that scheme, though most of the red trim has been omitted -- except for the
upper side sill stripe. In a black-and-white view the Pullman green would be
easily mistaken for black, and even in this view the side of the hood could
easily be mistaken as black, but it is in fact green. (This also serves to
demonstrate why by the late 1950s the heavyweight coaches painted Pullman green
were known on the Q as black coaches.) The 9122 was undoubtedly the last
diesel switcher on the Q painted Pullman green.
I'm also attaching a view of 44-tonner 9103 in its original paint, taken at
Clinton, Iowa, in January 1941.
Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: cbqrr47@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 08:45:34 -0700
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Burlington Switcher Colors
I saw 9122 cut up for scrap at Precision Engineering, Mt. Vernon,
Illinois. It was a sad sight. On Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:04 AM, Rupert
& Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
Bob
Thanks for the link.
Regards
Rupert
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Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2014 1:34
p.m.
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Burlington
Switcher Colors
Ken and Rupert,
Here's a photo of 9122 working for a
living: http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/cbq9122.jpg
Bob Arthur
CB&Q 9122, Lincoln, Neb., 5-19-1952, John Brunner photo.jpg
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CB&Q 9103, Clinton, Iowa, 1-21-1941.jpg
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