Dave,
Term was also used for the bridge runs between Dubuque and East
Dubuque. Until they put a diesel at Dubuque I think they used
one of the K10's on that job. During the 40's would make 4 or 5
trips a day.
Russ
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From: "dave_lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 04 February, 2002 22:02
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: question (revised)
> The only place I've heard it referenced was for trains across the
> Missouri rive Bridge at Sioux City. Burlington's trains were using
> the ageing Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha's Missouri River
> bridge at Sioux City, Iowa, the connecting link between the Q and the
> Great Northern. The pin-connected trusses of the bridge, built in
> 1888, required weight restrictions, limiting movements over it to
> smaller locomotives and cars of 70-tons capacity or less. Longer
> trains had to be broken into sections for individual movement across
> the structure. Steam-powered "Pingers," powered by R4 and R5 Prairie
> locomotives running back and forth across the river, were the rule
> until the SD7's delivery in 1951. The Burlington's new SD7's,
> numbers 400-411, were ordered specifically for use on the O'Neil
> branch from Omaha to Sioux City. Read more about it in the upcoming
> Burlington Bulletin on the Q's SD7's and SD9's. (Shamelsss plug.)
>
> Dave
> Lotz
>
> --- In BRHSlist@y..., jonathanharris@e... wrote:
> > Does anyone know the origin of the term "pinger," applied to CB&Q
> transfer runs?
> >
> > Jonathan
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