Re: [CBQ] Troop car in company service

["Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Rich, Rupert, Nelson and all:

To me the most unusual thing about the car in this photo is that, in the post-1970 BN era, it still wears its Burlington name, reporting marks and revenue service number in the Railroad Roman lettering it received back in 1947.  I saw countless numbers of these cars during the 1958-70 period and none of them had anything but the ribbon lettering applied in the early 1950s.  I can deal with the windows being uncovered by BN, but the paint and lettering are truly extraordinary in the 1970s!

Hol

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of rgortowski@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 2:33 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Troop car in company service

 

 

Rupert,

That's not quite right.  The Q ran them without any window plates and on the Allied Full Cushion trucks, with Railroad Roman "Burlington" and other lettering until about 1952-53.  At that point they plated over the windows and went to the "Ribbon Style" lettering, and changed out many of the trucks.  There are many pictures of the Jeeps without plating.

Rich

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From: 'Rupert & Maureen' gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 16, 2017 3:24 pm
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Troop car in company service

 

Nelson

My understanding is that the windows were plated over in 1947 when the Burlington purchased them, and I haven’t seen any in revenue service without the plates. I presume that the plates were removed when it was downgraded to company service.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 17 October 2017 2:25 a.m.
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Troop car in company service

 

Thanks for the link, Rupert. I didn’t know that the Q removed the window plates, or were plates  installed in all car originally? If removed, when did that occur? I have two cars with plates, and I’m looking for more.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 11:09 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Troop car in company service

 

There was a query about the use of ex-troop cars being used in company service. There is a photo of 8761 on eBay at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Slide-CB-Q-Burlington-Mail-Express-Car-8761-At-McCook-NE-1974-/332414142858?hash=item4d656d498a:g:HE8AAOSwKPdZ4-3G with the plates removed from the windows.

I’ve no idea, though, when it was converted. In February 1970, there were still 252 of the original 300 cars still on the passenger car roster.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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Posted by: Hol Wagner <holpennywagner@msn.com>

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