Re: [CBQ] Helpers

["John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>]

Azenaville hill south of Beardstown used yard engines out of Beardstown as 
pushers on southward time freights. The working agreement provided "pushing and 
pulling limits" at that point meaning that yard crews could push trains over 
the hill. These were not true helpers but were another interesting operation. 
BTW, the L-1's were also used at Platsmouth, NE (as pushers out of the Missouri 
River Valley) for a period of time. In the BN era, Beardstown yard engines 
pushed "cowboy" coal trains over the hill.



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From: "dfhollis@comcast.net" <dfhollis@comcast.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Helpers


 
   
 
West Burlington hill used helpers. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch" <soocarman79@yahoo.com> 
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:25:03 PM 
Subject: [CBQ] Helpers 

Considering the territory the Q operated in. Was there a place on the system 
that required helpers regularly because of the grade? I don't think I've seen 
or read anything about this. 
Mitch 

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