Actually the IHB probably should get credit for picking up all of the
new EMD locomotives since their tracks ran on the west side of the
plant. I think that UP engines were pushed up the hill to the small
CB&Q yard at Congress Park and then were dragged down to the Cicero
yard. I think that they were then placed somewhere near the front of
freight trains headed to Pacific Junction. I don't think that all of
the lettering was necessarily done by EMD. I think that I read UP did
the rest of it themselves. Could be wrong about that.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Krueger" <jakrueg@n...> wrote:
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Bob & Marian Sorensen" <rksmes@e...>
> wrote:
> > Group: This may be off the normal subject but is a question that
> I have often wondered. In the delivery of a new engine from the
> final assembly plant, is the engine run or is it a dead haul? And,
> if it is run, does the owner receive compensation from the roads it
> is run over?
> > I think that the CB&Q was the only road into GM when they did
> final assembly in Illinois, so new engines must have been delivered
> to transfer points.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> In Dave Lotz's article in Diesel Era about Q GP30s he pointed out
> that they were delivered in Lincoln, NE because Nebraska had no
> sales tax at the time. Hence, I would assume that they were towed
> dead from LaGrange to Lincoln, other wise IL or IA would argue that
> they had been placed in service and try to collect their sales
tax.
> And at the price of locomotives, it would be a substantial amount.
> As a tax accountant I found this interesting and to be a nice be
tax
> planning and strategy. Purely legitimate.
>
> Jerry
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