McCook: Over the yrs (updated periodically) Q issued brochures &/or maps for
2 routes with highlights of things to see & do enroute: TCZ for Chicago to
Twin Cities & DZ/CZ for the Chi-Denver route. These are readily available @
RRiana Shows & were even sold @ St.Louis!
Steam Generator equipped frt units: Not all branch line & mixed trains
always used passenger equipment with self-contained heating devices; some
MoW trains, esp. in later years even had some S.S. equipment much less some
hwts that req'd steam. ALso some frt units were protection for lesser trains
esp. during seasonal rushes &/or when special trains such as
carnival/circus, etc were being run. THe Q may well have had more units were
such optional equipment than necessary but from a dis-
patchers viewpoint,one can never have too many locos with all the bells &
whistles (no pun intended).
FRA does not require certain applicances to be in operating condition
provided they are appropriately tagged (& in some cases clearly disconnected
as well).
E Unit usage: Again, other RRs did indeed follow the Q's lead in using
passenger units for a variety of assignments but the Q was the pioneer in
such as evidenced by industry publications of the 50's.
As an aside - the Q's reputation as the RR of presidents (with so many ex-Q
mgrs ending up as Pres' of other Class I RR's) was also supple- mented by
the fact that Q mgrs, out of proportion to their numbers, were elected to
leadership in so many trade groups: American Ry. Assoc. of B&B, Int. Railway
Fuel Assoc., etc. Purely a guess but based on reading copies of their
respective proceedings, Q mgrs had 2 advantages: their bosses gave them the
time (& the dues $$) to belong (many did - usually more than nearly any
other RR) and they developed leadership ability as part of their Q
employment. Also Budd & Murphy were very good about attending such groups
annual meetings being among the few RR Pres' to do so.
Gerald Edgar
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