CB&Q E units

Dick,

Not all the Burlington E7 units EVER received the stainless steel side panels. As delivered, ALL the E7 units where painted "silver". Even when the Burlington began rebuilding E7 units in the West Burlington shops, not all the E7s received the rebuild/up-grade to stainless steel side panels. Thus, Sunset/3rd Rail/Golden Gate Depot has opted to offer ONLY those CB&Q E7A units, by specific road number, that retained their "silver painted" carbody side panels to the very end, i.e. NO stainless steel plateing.

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Originally posted by CBQer:
Specifically the E7. Were these stainless locos or the gray units like the Fs. I can't find a color fhoto. Tell me where to find some.

Thanks in advance

Dick

Here's one:

http://www.burlingtonroute.com...e.php?album=1&pos=56

Here they're tucked in behind the E5.
http://www.burlingtonroute.com...e.php?album=1&pos=54


Rusty

Rusty,

Nice photos but, both show the E7 units with the later red nose stripes. The GGD models will be comming in the early "as delivered" black nose stripes. As I recall, the Burlington didn't start using the red nose treatments until the late 1950s/early 1960s.

Which supplies even more valid evidence of some E7's not being upgraded with stainless steel panels.

Rusty

Dear Hot Water,

Can you tell me if there is a specific silver? Is a Floquil, Scalecoat Accupaint?

Thanks to everyone else.

Dick

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Originally posted by CBQer:
Dear Hot Water,

Can you tell me if there is a specific silver? Is a Floquil, Scalecoat Accupaint?

Thanks to everyone else.

Dick

I have no idea what type of paint Scott Mann will have his factory, over in China, use nor what would match it here in the U.S.

I will try and find out what my buddy uses for CB&Q "silver" on the Williams E7 units I had him do for my layout.

Dick,

Concerning the paint color for the CB&Q E units that where NOT stainless steel plated:

Scalecoat "Aluminum"

Floquil "Platinum Mist" with just a tiny bit of black added to tone it down.

Hope this helps.

Well, I got the decals from Pat at P&D hobby with the black "fan" that goes on either side of the headlight. I have Scalecoat II Silver. So, away we go.

Thanks for all the comments

Dick

Think we'd all like to see the end results, sounds like a great project.

I have used the Alclad2 system to simulate stainless on OMI brass E units.

http://www.alclad2.com/

I have also had them professionally plated and polished out with a satin top clear coat.

The following E7/E8's received stainless side panel retrofits:

E7's:
9916 A/B
9917 A/B
9919 A/B
9920 A/B
9923 A/B
9925 B
9927 A/B
9928 A/B
9929 A/B
9930 A/B
9931 B
9932 B
9933 B
9934 A
9935 A/B
9936 A/B
9937 A/B
9949

E8's:
9938 B
9941 A
9943 B
9944 A
9945 A/B
9946 A/B
9947 A/B
9948 A
9949A


Units known to have been repainted without fake nose grills 1968-1969
E7's: 9934B 9935B 9949
E8's: 9938B 9943B 9944A 9964 9966 9967 9968
E9's: 9991 9992

All data courtesy:
Burlington Bulletin #10
Be aware the CB&Q did NOT own any E7/8/9 B units.

I was checking out my E7 numbers and I was doing a Google search to see which E7's had stainless and to my surprise, I found the best answer here.  I did hit a number of other sites first.

 

Good job Erik!  Hot Water was correct, at least with my units, 3rd Rail/Golden Gate furnished numbers that never received stainless plating.

 

BTW the 2nd run has corrected the nose stripes ("grills").  The lines are now distinct.