Just a comment on the "recognizability" of the herald: years ago my in-laws purchased a railroad painting for me because they knew of my interest. It depicted a couple of steam locomotives (which I knew little about
at the time), but one quick glance at the tender and I knew "That's my railroad!" They had no idea when they bought it. Happy coincidence!
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Michael Woodruff
mwoodruff54@gmail.com [CBQ]
<CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Last year, Nolen Null provided a link to the old Official Guides in the Stanford University library. Here's the link again for those of you who didn't bookmark it:
The first appearance of the familiar square herald that I could find was in the B&MR listing in the Oct-Dec 1888 Official Guide. Earlier Guides promote the "Burlington Route" and before that the "Great Burlington Route".
msw
largofl
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:31 PM, 'Rupert & Maureen'
gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ]
<CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
[Attachment(s) from Rupert & Maureen
included below]
Hol
The advert with the “herald” appeared in the Railway Age in 1879 and the stylised logo in an advert in the Railway Review in 1881.
Do you know if the attached design “Herald old” was an official herald? If so, any idea of a date?
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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from Hol Wagner included below]
Here's an 1885 piece that shows that "Burlington
Route" was regularly being used before the advent of the herald later that same year.
Hol