Nostalgia & History > BN's first freight car - update

On the 12th ,TS745 asked about the first freight car painted BN. There was a correct reply about this car, but no photo. I was in Minneapolis with a WGRF fan group. It was a real surprise
to come upon this 317410. This was 5/29.68, and the merger was held off till March of '70. I had quite a time locating the slide, or I would of posted this sooner. As was
noted in the earlier post, this was done for the board of directors. I would guess the BN must of been changed to another reporting mark before it could go out on the road.

Keith A (ft)

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Lot of references to 'rare' on TO, but I'd say this may set the gold (or should I say green?) standard!

Thanks for taking the time to find this. A true gem!

Was the final font a bit different than this?

Thanks for the neat post!

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> Was the final font a bit different than this?
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> Thanks for the neat post!

The strokes are a bit thick; most noticeable on the B and the Os. Looks like they nailed the logo, though. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/18 18:41 by clem.

This is beyond rare; it is unique.
Thanks for posting this gem.
ALLEN

A modeler would mask the coupler before painting.
Oh, wait, I forgot the modeler's mantra: there is always a prototype for (nearly) every configuration.
...Lorenzo

Amazing to think that GN was still in the process of painting passenger cars in their Big Sky Blue scheme at the same time.

Art House

Keith, that is positively astounding. I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to share it with us. Like I said, when I origionaly asked the question, I had no idea as to the back story behind the multiple other “firsts”. This one is hands down the unequivocal first. The education I receive here on Trainorders is certainly worth the cost of membership. Thank you.

Ryan Barber
Stockton, CA