--- In BRHSlist@y..., "Rick Keil" <rkeil6721@h...> wrote:
> Where and on what type of trains were the Q's SD-24s used?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick Keil
> Omaha, NE
dad was a freight pool engineer when the 500's (sd-24's) came in
1959. a remark he made about them at that time, "Those 500's will
start anything, they'd start the world if there was a way to hook a
drawbar to it." the conversation about them on the aurora division
probably did not answer all your questions on how they were used.
Found a timebook page from 1964. Hope this gives you a brief idea
how the 500's were worked.
Train - LW68 - power - 931, 511, 502, 505, 901, 902 (there's that
dreaded `lines west' again)
61 - 126a, 511, 118b, 113a
2/70 - 132dc, 952, 509, 157c
CD - 983, 506, 513
78 - 514, 915
used on main line power, hot shots, etc. In consists with gp20's,
30's, grey backs, no branch work, no switch engines, no work trains,
up to that (1964) time, and on up to the merger, and of course no
passenger. not to say any of this usage did not happen later on.
joe
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