The 1970s was an unlikely boom period for HO scale. The scheme itself arrived early in anticipation of the merger and served as Chicago, Burlington & Quincy’s short-lived final look sans “BN” heralds and “Northern” in the name. In miniature, BN’s Cascade Green livery and modern herald (developed by New York industrial design firm Lippincott & Margulies) began appearing not long after the road’s 1970 debut. Louis-San Francisco Railway (“Frisco”) to its system. By the conclusion of its first decade, Burlington Northern had not only survived and prospered, but expanded its reach all the way to Florida with the 1980 addition of the St. government rescuing the situation with the 1976 formation of Conrail, this major consolidation of western railroading enjoyed an opposite fate. While Penn Central and the eastern railroad network would melt down in a disaster that found the U.S. The new decade would be a tumultuous one for railroading. The long-sought combination of the “Hill Lines” became reality at the beginning of March 1970. This year marks a half-century since Burlington Northern became official. Do you know what diesel locomotive I’m describing? The mid-1970s model is incredibly common (and the shell’s tooling remains available today in revised form), but equally important to the hobby. It certainly wasn’t the first Burlington Northern diesel offered in HO, but it is the only HO diesel that I’m aware of promoted by famed singer Johnny Cash. Collector Consist: Lionel’s Burlington Northern GP30 in HO Scale
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