| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-1D 182490 in Chicago, Illinois on an unknown day in July 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was one of 450 cars built between 1940 and 1961 by CB&Q's Havelock, Nebraska shops, rebuilt in 1968-69, reclassed as HC-1D, and renumbered into the number series 182250 - 182449 and 182500 - 182749. The following is excerpted from the Burlington Route Historical Society publication Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner. The first 200 Class HC-1D cars were painted in light gray ( body ) with black roller bearing trucks, Chinese red lettering, and full-color Scothlite heralds painted on the car sides between posts rather than a larger Scotchlite decal on a metal plate. The second 250 Class HC-1D cars featured a pre-merger paint scheme that eliminated the herald and substituted an all-caps "BURLINGTON" for the previous upper and lower case "Burlington" at the upper left car side. All lettering was red, and a space was left for the word "NORTHERN" to be added once the merger was consummated, but this was never done. The BN opted for black lettering, and the lettering style employed by the Q on all its pre-merger painted cars did not match the Helvetica style ultimately used by the BN. No other Class HC-1's - CB&Q, C&S, or FW&D - ever received this paint scheme. Number 182490 does not fit into either number series, but was stenciled HV 2-69 and was painted in the pre-merger paint scheme. |