Ed and all, Some of the secret of the smoth Bi-level ride was of course the
trucks. A close examination of the trucks will show "CB&Q specs." in raised
letters if I remember correctly. We always seemed to have the trucks under
the cab cars wear alittle faster. The shopmen at 14th Street as I recall
said the Q trucks were a little harder to work on but these trucks were
considered the "cadilacs" of bi-level truck design. Does anybody know what
ever happened to Frank Quemmel from 14th Street? Sorry if I mispelled his
name. WAF ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed DeRouin" <PIXELS@A...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CBQ Bi-Levels
> > I commuted to Chicago for a year on non-Q bi-levels. The ride was
terrible
> > compared to the Q cars. The Q cars had concrete under the floor to
improve
> > the ride and stability.
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> The improved ride is the secondary benefit. The reinforced concrete
improved
> buff loading, the old squeeze issue. Q bi-levels are built to an end
loading
> strength of 180,000 lb. as opposed to cars like CNW of a 140.000 lb.
design.
> That is why the former Q 700s are not inter-mingled with other bi-levels.
> Metra runs other equipment on BNSF, but not mixed with former Q cars.
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> Ed DeRouin
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