kammfive@a... wrote:
>
> The number of mixed train photos in the 2000 calendar and my own interest in
> these trains brings up a question. How were passengers handled if there was
> any switching to be done in a town? I assume that the coach or rider car
> would be left at the depot if at all possible. If the coach could not be
> left, would passengers detrain during switching operations? I assume that
> any of the various "drop" maneuvers recently discussed on the list would be
> out of the question, at least with the coach in the train.
>
> I recently attended an open house at the Fox Valley O Scalers. A mixed train
> (Milwaukee Road prototype) was in operation at one point. The passenger
> accommodations (a coach) was coupled immediately behind the engine, and the
> train concluded with a normal caboose. Ted Schnepf pointed out to me that
> the Milwaukee liked to do that so that paying passengers were not subjected
> to all the slack action of a lengthy freight train.
>
> Al Kamm
> kammfive@a...
>
The CB&Q local from Oregon to Mt Morris in the 60's did not even
use a waycar. If you bought a ticket you rode on the engine.
Russ
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