Tim,
Don't understand you statement. Until the arrival of
the SD24's the F units would have to be in the lead
anyway. At that point they had already started to be
traded in so no reason to modify. F units were not
purchased to be run as single units but to be kept in
sets.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim VanMersbergen
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 09 January, 2005 10:14
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Burlington Locomotives
In passenger service they may have figured it out quickly, but in
freight operations, they never did. It is ironic that almost none
all the freight cab units had nose MU connections, so the freight
department never enjoyed the same flexibility. One would think the
advantages that were clear in passenger operations could also be
applied to freight.
Tim VanMersbergen
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Bob Webber <rswebber@c...> wrote:
> Which is why you always see them running Elephant style. Here is
another
> example of the Q being smarter in using their money. B units for
this
> application for a railroad like the CB&Q just didn't make sense -
it made
> for too inflexible arrangements. If you look at the consists
published
> with the Zephyrs, you';ll note that the locomotive consists
fluctuated
> often with the trains. Being able to pull a unit off easily
regardless of
> which one made for increased efficiency. And, when it came time to
be
> bumped to the commuter trains, they didn't have to add cabs to B
units the
> way that the C&NW did. Say what you will about the Q - it usually
didn't
> take them long to figure out the way to run things that would be
the most
> efficient for the long term. Whether that be using unpainted
stainless
> (that cut down on maintenance costs) or not using cabless power -
they
> figured it out fairly quickly.
>
> At 10:41 AM 1/8/2005, you wrote:
>
> >While some of the Burlington E7's carried a "B" suffix in their
number, the
> >were in fact "A" Units, in other words they had a cab. The
Burlington didn't
> >own any E7,E8,or E9 "B" Units. The only E "B" Units they owned
were the E5
> >B's.
> >
> >Hope this helps you,
> >
> >Loren Johnson
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