Re: [CBQ] Date of "Burlington Route" emblem?

["Nelson Moyer" <npmoyer@hotmail.com>]

Do you know what CB&Q freight car classes the tri-color herald was first used upon? The earliest I know about is 1959 or after – when Chinese Red arrived.  BRE may have used the tri-color herald earlier than 1940. I attached a photo of BREX 78556, a truss rod reefer built in 1927-28. According to your freight car roster book, it was renumbered in the 77300-77741 series, but no renumber date was given. While it’s a grayscale photo, I think you will agree that it’s a tri-color herald. The color herald could have been and probably was added when the car was repainted, but no date for that is available. I know the 1942 war emergency reefers and their rebuilds after the war had the tri-color herald, and may have been the first BRE cars so lettered. So perhaps 78556 was repainted after 1940 and escaped renumbering, but we don’t know the answer to either question.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

 

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Rupert Gamlen
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 2:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Date of "Burlington Route" emblem?

 

I think that the design was changed to incorporate a red element in 1940.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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