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Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect
From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:35:34 -0500
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And, according to a conversation I had with Al Hoffman, the first in Chicago
to experiment with push-pull operation..... they MU'd gas electrics on each
end of a string of commuter coaches.....in the 1920's.....
Charlie
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From: "Marshall Thayer" <zephyr9903@e...>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect


> > How many more firsts?
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> CB&Q may not have been the first, but they converted to all coal-bruning
locomotives very early - before the start of the Civil War.
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> They were also the first road with modern gallery commuter cars, which may
also have been the first HEP arrangements.
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