Re: [BRHSlist] Doodlebugs/Gas Electrics

[Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Ken martin wrote about doodlebugs, in response
to Larry Doub's question:
> They were built to replace more expensive steam engines on branch
> lines.However they got used all over the place. The longest run of a doodlebug
> was from Lincoln to Billings Mont. 

Longest on the Burlington Route, but there was at least
one longer one on another railroad which is now part of the BNSF.


Wes Leatherock
wleath@s...