----- Original Message -----
From: "William Franckey" <budapest@g...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CBQ Bi-Levels
> Ed,
> Thanks for the info on Frank Krummel, for the life of me I couldn't
> remember how to spell his name. I knew him as a child and many years
later
> worked with him when he was General Car Foreman in Chicago. Instead of
> photographing engines at 14th Street, I caught many of the people we all
> knew so I have many shots of Frank as well as others.
> As to the bi-level trucks, the guys in Chicago always said they were a
> dangerous truck to work on account of they way they had to be jacked apart
> to change out worn parts. I can't really elaborate more on this cause I
> just don't know for sure. I guess there is always a price to pay for
having
> the best. WAF
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed DeRouin" <PIXELS@A...>
> To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] CBQ Bi-Levels
>
>
> > Bill and Others:
> >
> > If you are referring to Frank Krummel, the Second Trick Zephyr Pit
Foreman
> > in the seventies, I have bad news. I lost contact with Frank about 1979
> and
> > learned that he quite unexpectedly and prematurely passed away in the
> early
> > eighties.
> >
> > You are correct about the trucks, Bill. As I compare the Q truck to the
> > others in a RTA diagram book, I see that many carriers used Commonwealth
> > trucks with I beam equalizers and Inside swing hangers, but in addition
to
> > the bolster roll stabilizers note that the Q trucks had more springs
than
> > other. In the case of the Milw Road, Q cars had twice the number of
> bolster
> > and equalizer springs. All springs are not equal either, the springs on
> the
> > 700 were of a Q design.
> >
> > Would the more rapid truck wear on control cars be due to the additional
> > work the truck does? As the first truck of the eastbound train, those
> trucks
> > lead into each curve, turnout, and even guide the following trucks on
> > tangents. Located closest to the automatic brake valve during eastbound
> > movements, that truck would also be the first to set up and therefore,
> > intially carry handle braking energy. Makes sense to me.
> >
> > Ed DeRouin
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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