Bulletin 79 explores the equipment that the Burlington painted in the Simulated Stainless Steel (SSS) paint scheme using shadow-lining and those painted in solid aluminum. In prior Bulletins, we have covered specific equipment that are in this issue in detail: RPO cars in Bulletin No. 8 (reprint), the SSS Chair Cars in Bulletin No. 15, Office Cars in Bulletin No. 17, and the BA-19 Havelock baggage cars in Bulletin No. 36. All except Bulletin No. 15 are available to purchase from our online Company Store at www.BurlingtonRoute.org.
The second article is a second examination of a Burlington dispatcher’s sheet for the Ottumwa Division's Galesburg and Ottumwa Subdivision in 1965. Steve Holding, a retired Q-BN dispatcher, walks the reader through all the entries made for the day.