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From: "vlbg" <vlbg@s...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Mixed Train Operations
> 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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The Oregon Turn used rider car 3007, a short combine, and the passenger(s),
if any, would sit on the car until the switching was done, where ever that
might
be.
Karl>
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