Burlington Green

[Puddington]

The CBQ began painting rolling stock green in anticipation of the BN merger before the 1970 event date. I had always assumed they used what would become BN green yet it appears that at least some larger external post cars got a darker version. Do any CBQ experts out there have any information about the colour used for "Burlington green"..... Was it the same on all cars or was there a difference on these larger and newly built cars as opposed to the older repaints ?

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq40219jpa.jpg - BN and CBQ together = twins....

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq20725jpa.jpg - looks about right

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq42150jpa.jpg - again, looks right

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq15040jpa.jpg - from 73 - looks quite dark

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq47716jpa.jpg - from  70 - fresh and dark

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq39977akg.jpg - looks more like NYC green

[nkalanaga]

Most of the late 60s CB&Q Green was "BN Green", as the original idea was to add the "Northern" and BN herald after the merger.  However, there was another, darker green, about which I have no information.  This is probably the green used on BREX insulated boxcars, but I wouldn't swear to it.  The difference isn't just weathering or a bad batch of paint.

I believe 15040 and 39997 are the result of dirt and weathering, and were originally BN green.  As far as I know, all of the cars with the BN style name were BN green.  Note that 47716 has the older lettering style, which seems to go with the darker green.