[CBQ] Switcher in road freight

["Winton" <wyhog@yahoo.com>]

>That SW15 was probably ex GN

Yes it was BN305/BNSF3451 and it had GN blue paint showing here and there under 
the BN green. It was originally dual control but the fireman-side controls were 
removed from the big dual sided control stand and the holes/slots plated over.

>I wonder how the RR handled servicing of of steam locomotives assigned to 
>outlying switching locations?

Well in the case of Sheridan there was a 24 stall roundhouse here to do that ;-)
There were also roundhouses at Gillette WY 103 miles east of Sheridan and at 
Edgemont SD 120 miles beyond Gillette. Then 110 miles east of Edgemont was 
Alliance NE with a big roundhouse. The point being that a steam loco in the day 
was never very far from a roundhouse.
Also engineers back then were expected to know how to do things like take off a 
siderod or disconnect valve linkages so that the loco could limp in on one side.

Winton



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