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[BRHSlist] Re: Different Empire Builder question

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Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Different Empire Builder question
From: "John Gates" <gates1320@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:31:52 -0000
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The east bound combined Q - GN and/or NP trains would combine and 
split at St Paul. West of St Paul they were seperate trains before 
AMTRAK. 

The Q Zephyrs between Mpls & St Paul of the late 60's were only an E 
or two and one or two domes.

John Gates
Santee, Ca
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--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "wollffee" <wolfee@u...> wrote:
> I have seen photos of CB&Q E8/9's pulling a combined Empire 
> Builder/North Coast Limited from Chicago to Minneapolis.  Was this 
> only done near the end, when those trains had shrunk in size?  Was 
it 
> only done occaisionally or did it become the regular consist?  In 
the 
> early '50s they were 2 seperate trains weren't they?  Also, did 
CB&Q 
> keep running their own trains to Minneapolis until 1970?


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