Burlington Northern 1984 Calendar

If the theme of the 1981 calendar was blue, this one is green. The May, June, July, and August photos are primarily green while April, September, and December have a lot of green in them as well. While green is to be expected for a Northwest railroad, some of these photos carry it a little too far.

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Like the 1983 calendar, this one comes with an insert from the President Drexel and marketing Vice-President Gaskins pleading with recipients to “please tell your friends about us,” as if most people’s friends make decisions about which railroad to ship their products. Since 1983, Drexel’s title changed from “president and chief operating officer” (a highfalutin title for someone who had never operated a railroad before) to “chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer.”

As with the past two or three calendars, only one photo has a train in it. A few photos show snow on mountaintops, but only one has a trace of snow at the photographer’s level. Perhaps after the winter of 1982 the railroad was tired of snow.


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