Russ,
Thank you for sharing all the good info. Much appreciated and will be put to
good use!
Paul (Kossart) - "The CB&Q Guy"
Peru, IL *USA*
Modeling 1960's in HO.
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At 11:26 AM 12/15/2004, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>A complicated question. As new power was purchased the GP7's
>and SD7's were used less and less in through train service
>and trickled down to local service.
>
>In the mid 60's they had disposed of the NW1's, the SW's, the
>S2's, and the VO1000's. Each of these groups required something
>as a replacement. The NW1's and some of the VO1000's were Coach
>Yard units. NW2's had to be brought in for those jobs. A few
>more NW2's were required at Cicero to replace the VO1000's but
>that was also at the time that many of the freight house jobs
>were being abolished as that traffic moved to TOFC. At places
>like Oregon this meant a GP7 replacing a NW2. The old habit of
>the Rock Falls and East End locals sharing a small group of
>NW2's that had existed since steam days was also adjusted to get
>more GP7's involved.
>
>The SW's had been used in the lightest work and some of those jobs
>no longer even needed a unit as branch lines were abandoned or
>the assignment of a unit to a smaller location was just discontinued.
>
>The new SW1200's that were purchased were plugged in all over the
>system.
>
>The SW1000's took over the Omaha/Council Bluffs area with the
>displaced units moving down to St Joseph and Kansas City to
>replace VO1000's.
>
>The delivery of the GE's must have freed up some SD9's which
>could have gone into McCook or Denver yard service. I'm not
>that knowledgeable on Lines West.
>
>Of course all these issues were affected by traffic volumes.
>
>With the delivery of the GP40's some of the GP20's started to
>stay in Mainline secondary service.
>
>Just some food for thought,
>
>Russ
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