That happens to be a photo I took, and it appeared in Burlington Bulletin No. 7
on the XM-32 boxcars back in the first quarter of 1983. The caption explains:
"An undetermined number of cars were repainted in the BN scheme after the
merger but before a renumbering plan was complete. CB&Q 62588, done at
Havelock in July 1970 and seen at Denver late in 1971, shows the improbable
result. This car eventually became BN 123588."
Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: bpehni@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 09:10:23 -0500
Subject: [CBQ] FW: [bbfcl] BN-CB&Q box car [1 Attachment]
Oddity from the BBFCL group.
Thanks!
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Brian Ehni
From: Jim Eager <jeager@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: <bbfcl@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 8:54 AM
To: <bbfcl@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [bbfcl] BN-CB&Q box car
Tim O'Connor wrote:
> I have not seen many like this -- full BN repaint with CB&Q reporting marks
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/321396090197
I've never seen any like this. C&S and FW&D for sure, since they were not
initially fully merged, but not CB&Q. Note the 7-70 Havelock shop date. That's
well after the March 2 BN creation date, perhaps someone in the paint shop
didn't get all the memos, or maybe just wasn't too keen on the loss of the Q
image.
Jim Eager <jeager@sympatico.ca>
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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