Thanks to everyone so far who responded to my post. I am gathering
the info being posted and will put it together in a form I hope to
grow over time.
Special thanks to Ed DeRouin for reminding all of us about Railfax
and back issues of X2200. It just so happens they are located just
down the street from my office, so I picked up the last 3 issues of
X2200 I needed, and what a surprise: Issue 3 from March 1968 has an
article on Motive Power Pools and predominate in the list are the
CB&Q pools of the 1960's.
Highlights:
CB&Q-NYC Elkhart, IN to Omaha, NE Power: 2000+ HP B-B (pictures show
primarily NYC U25B/U28B/U30B. GP35 and GP40 units also used.
CB&Q-PRR-UP Enola to Los Angeles via 21st St Chicago Power: 2000+ HP
GP/SD units (at least one picture in March 1968 of a lashup of 3 Q
GP30's, 1 UP GP30, and a PRR C425)
CB&Q-UP Chicago to Grand Island Power: 2000+ HP B-B (pictures show
primarily UP GP30's and GP30B's, GP35's)
CB&Q-D&RGW Chicago to Salt Lake Power: 2000+ HP B-B (primarily GP30)
Only ran for short time in 1965-1966.
C&S-ATSF Pueblo to Denver Power: Anything (there are several shots
in the C&S Southern Division book that show even SF RSD4/5 mixed with
C&S GP, SD, and F power!)
According to the article Q used its six U25B's extensively in UP pool
service in late 1965 to mid 1966.
Finally, there is mention of a possible SP-CB&Q pool that simply
had ??? next to it. Also a discontinued CB&QGN pool that was
suspended prior to the merger. DOes anyone know anything about these
pools?
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