Brookfield CD 133's Pickings

By Matt Weldon; posted September 14, 2020

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Here is my line up of Brookfield CD 133's that I picked along the mainline old B&O Railroad in northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio. Although I picked a few in the 70's, all were picked in 1998 right before the pole line was taken down. Between 100-150 were picked in 1998. 90 percent were found between Nappanee and Walkerton, Indiana.

Starting from the left - the first 5 have the No 20 on the reverse side. Colors are aqua, green, olive green, yellow green, and emerald green. The better colors were just as common as the aqua ones except for the olive green color. This embossing style was the most common by far.

Next two have the "blotted out embossing" on the reverse side. Only aqua and greenish aqua were found. This embossing style was the rarest found.

Next two only have No 20 on them. Only one in the light yellow green was found, and is the only one in the line up from the mid 70's. It was found farther east just east of Garrett, Indiana. The other is an aqua color.

Last one is the only aqua New York CD 133 I found. Also, few CD 133 H.G.CO with Standard on the reverse side with drip points were found along this line in Indiana.

The only other railroads I found having CD 133's was a railroad heading south out of Columbus, Ohio. These were all CREB 55 Fulton St ones. Also, the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad that had the Wm Brookfield / New York embossing. These were all found laying on the ground or buried.

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