In a message dated 1/20/01 8:54:06 PM Central Standard Time,
alfickjr@r... writes:
> Gentlemen, here's a copy-paste of a question I asked on the MILW List.
> It
> pertains to a photo in the current issue of the Milw Historical Assoc mag,
> The Milwaukee Railroader. If you can get past the extraneous banter perhaps
> someone on this List might have the answer. Thanks.
>
> I am: Alfred A Fickensher Jr, and I can
> be called names at alfickjr@r...
> ---------------------------------
> Speaking of Q guys (ref my post w/subject "TMR slide location") , in the
> TMR on page 29 there's a nice color photo of an April 1965 westbound North
> Coast Limited sitting in the Milwaukee (city of) MILW depot. She's on a
> detour due to record flooding of The River that spring. Anyway, the Q
> _always_ ran their E-units elephant style, that is nose-to-tail, but the
> two CB&Q E-units on this particular train are arranged like God intended
> them to be, that is back-to-back with cabs at each end.
> I am wondering if that was something the MILW insisted upon for the
> detour? Any takers on this one?
> BTW, the same photo includes three differently-painted express boxcars.
> An
> REA pullman green plug-door, a MILW ribbed, and as the first car on the
> NCL, an unidentifiable-schemed former pullman troop kitchen car.
> Not to mention a yellow 1957 or 58 Buick "rolling jukebox". (lotsa
> chrome
> strips)
> Uhh, just so my question doesn't get lost in the frosting here, I was
> asking about the units running tail-to-tail.
>
>
Here's a question that was posted on the BN list thought one of the folks on
this list might be able to answer this. Please copy to the BNlist so the
author can see the answer.
Thanks
John Lee
Moderator BRHS and BN list
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