--- sholding@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Braking help and weight spacing
> sjh
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ralph W. Brown, Jr.
> To: CBQ List
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 10:48 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] O-1-A Mikado 4978 Move
>
>
> To all:
>
> I was fortunate and honored to receive many years
> of Burlington Bulletins and Zephyrs from the son of
> a BRHS member who passed away several years ago. I
> love this material. As I was reading The Zephyr
> issue 1-98 No. 37 I happened upon an article about
> the 4978. The Zephyr contained a very nice fold out
> spread with color photographs of the move to
> Mendota.
>
> There are several photographs of the train that
> pulled 4978 to it destination. The train consisted
> of BNSF GP28M 1527, a TTX flat car, 4978, another
> TTX flat car, and a waycar. Why did they place the
> 4978 between two empty flat cars? I read the text
> but didn't find explanation. However, I could be
> missing something.
>
> R.W. Brown, Jr.
> Galesburg, IL
>
In regards to the move of the 4978, we got lucky, as
they had intended to use 2 of those big black Mendota
tank cars for the braking, imagine the photo ops with
those cars blocking everything.
Leo McCauley McNabb, Il.
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