I believe this was done to prevent people from walking from one unit to another
when it was in motion. If I remember correctly, the MoPac (after 1960) and
the Milwaukee were two other roads that wanted locomotives to come to a
complete stop before a crew member could cross over to another unit.
Jim Ogden
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Lotz
To: cz@cox-internet.com
Cc: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:43 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Bars vs chains
Chuck Zeiler is working on several SD locomotives for MS Train simulator and
would like to know why the Q chose to have bars installed at the locomotive
cross-overs, a place where you would normally see drop down steps and safety
chains.
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