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Re: Burlington Northern's shiny aluminum stream-liner was called?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 20 Aug 2002 01:57:12 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> I am embarrassed to admit it. I forgot the name of the shiny aluminum
> stream-liner that Burling Northern used to run years ago. It was
> Burlington Northern, right?
> Anyway, when I saw all the chrome on the new Naboo Fighter I found it
> hard not to dream about a shiny Burlington Northern (insert train's name
> here) running around my tracks. I though, "Heck, LEGO Direct (LD)
> already has a working relationship with BNSF. LD did BNSF's Santa Fe
> Super Cheif, why not go back and say, 'Hey, can we do a model of your
> Burlington Northern (insert tain's name here)?'"
> OK, I doubt it will happen, if it did the train would be *expensive*,
> but heck it is fun to dream....
Burlington Northern never had a shiny aluminium (or stainless steel)
streamliner.
You're thinking of predecessor road Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (merged
with Great Northern and Northern Pacific to form BN in 1971(?)), which had
many "Zephyr" streamliners in the 1930s and 1940s. Some operated just by
CB&Q, some in partnership with UP.
Sure would be a great model though. Lots of rounded stuff! These had a
rounded, slanted shovelnose. Lots of fluting too, since they also had fluted
sides.
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