Mike,
BN 5200's were Ex CB&Q U23C's.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Decker" <mdecker@g...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 11 August, 2002 14:35
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: U25B's
> Hi Folks:
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> Which motors were the BN 5200's? I don't have Pinkeypank's book handy.
> They were U-something or other-B's, and they rode really rough. One day,
I
> hit the Clay Spur switch at track speed with one, and on about the third
> "oscillation", my new head man had the toadstool sucked right out from
under
> him. It left him sitting on the floor in the middle of the cab :>) I was
> braced between the window and the control stand. He didn't believe me
when
> I told him to hang on :>)
>
> In the late '70's, we had an Assistant Super for roadways off the GN. He
> said that the "Q's" good rail and six-bolt joint bars were the only thing
> holding the coal business together on the Alliance Div.....the GN track
> would have given up long before. It wasn't too long after that they quit
> using the limestone ballast from Lien too.
>
> Mike Decker
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 07:41:12 -0000
> > From: "zephyr98072" <glenehaug@m...>
> > Subject: Re: U25B's
> >
> > It seems odd to me that the U-25B's were not allowed west of
> > Sheridan, but I won't dispute it. The U-25B's were heavier than the
> > previous four axle power, but not by much.
> >
> > Of course, no one contemplated what would happen to this railroad in
> > the next few years. The unit coal trains tore the 90# and 112#
> > bolted and burnt shale ballast up in a hurry.
> >
> > Glen Haug
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