For those of you around Galesburg, the RPO car on display was from 42/43 in
the 40-50 time frame. Worked it many times on 42 in Edgemont, SD. Those
days, trains dropped their diner on a siding at Ulm, WY (east of Sheridan
and just north of where I lived) and it would set for an hour or so until
the east bound 42 picked it up to return to Lincoln.
Ed Padgett
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From: Jim's Junction/ John & Debbie Olson <trains28@h...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Es pulling Heavywieghts
> DRale,
>
> Growing up in Northern Wyoming and now living in Billings, Mt. I used
to
> see both the Denver-Billings & Omaha-Billings trains quite often and
99.99%
> of the time the Coaches and Pullmans were Heavyweights (I never saw
> otherwise). Power was usually a single E-7 or E-8 (I think the E-9's were
> kept back east for Chicago- Twin Cities, DZ and commuter service). The
> Havelock baggage cars were often regulars in both the Pullman Green and
> Aluminum schemes. Occasionally a C&S Aluminum painted Heavyweight coach
> would be on the Denver-Billings train. Lately- however, several photos
have
> surfaced showing the early Budd Coaches on the Omaha-Billings trains. One
> photo is on page 35 in Al Holck's 'Burlington Route- Color Pictorial' Vol.
2
> by FourWaysWest. It shows train #43 at Gillette, Wy in 1968 and you can
> clearly see the Budd Coach. The other photo just came out in the recent
> issue of Classic Trains showing #43 at Osage, Wy in 1969 with a Budd
Coach.
> Heck- there is even a picture of a Budd Dome being used on #41 taken
during
> the winter of 1968 at Broken Bow, Ne., on page 27, in Kistler & Hardy's
book
> 'Alliance and Everywhere West'! I don't know if it was pulled at Alliance
> and returned on #43, or if it made it all the way to Billings, but I can
> dream and speculate!
>
> John Olson-owner
> Jim's Junction
> Billings, Mt.
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> > From: drale99@a...
> > Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 17:02:17 EDT
> > To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Es pulling Heavywieghts
> >
> > I was at Ravenna. I never saw a stainless steel car on the Lincoln-
Billings
> > line. In the late 40's and 50's, there were plenty of E's.
> > DRale Reeves
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